Former military lawyer David McBride has lost his appeal against the severity of his sentence for sharing classified documents with journalists.
McBride pleaded guilty to theft and distributing the documents to three journalists, and was sentenced last year to five years and eight months jail, with a non-parole period of two years and three months.
The appeal had a two-pronged approach, targeting the sentence and a ruling by the judge that he could not rely on an argument that it was his duty to reveal the information in his defence.
McBride wanted to argue the duty came from the oath he swore to the Queen when he joined the military.
When the court refused to allow the argument, McBride said he had been stripped of his defence and his only option was to plead guilty.
Around 2013, McBride began copying material, putting it on his own computer, printing and taking it home in his backpack.
He ended up removing 235 documents, 207 of which held secret classifications.
The documents were stored in plastic bins in his cupboard.
He offered the material to three journalists, Chris Masters, Andrew Clarke and...
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