Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s stated deadline for the “independent review” on the “missing” Iraq War cabinet papers has been missed by more than a week.

The National Archives has known about the “missing” 2003 Iraq War cabinet papers for up to a year.

The 2022-23 annual report of the National Archives of Australia is “missing” from public records — three months after the legislated deadline.

The man conducting an “independent review” into “missing” cabinet documents from the secret 2003 meetings of Australia’s National Security Committee — was at those meetings.

The man the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet has appointed to conduct a “review” into “missing” cabinet papers was just five months ago given a secretive, $50,000-a-month contract by that same department.