The prosecution of Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery has now officially ended, with his legal team considering seeking costs for the case that has spanned four years.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says there are “levers available” to the government on the handling of the Bernard Collaery case but remained tight-lipped about any steps the Commonwealth may take in the matter, as advocates renewed calls for Canberra lawyer’s prosecution to be abandoned.

Incredibly, the Collaery and Witness K case alone cost the Commonwealth $5,510,829. To jog your memory — former ACT attorney-general Collaery allegedly helped an ex-spy reveal info about a secret Timor-Leste mission