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High Court rules AFP warrant used in raid on News Corp journalist’s home was ‘invalid’

April 15, 2020 12:27

The High Court has made the decision to throw out the search warrant used by Australian Federal Police (AFP) in 2019 to search the home of News Corp Australia journalist Annika Smethurst.

The court ruled today that the search warrant was invalid and should be rejected on technical grounds. The raid on Smethurst’s home was the first in a series of battles between journalists and media outlets and the AFP, including a raid on ABC headquarters in Sydney.

The warrant used by the AFP to raid Annika Smethurst’s home has been ruled as invalid by the High Court

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Hannah Blackiston was the deputy editor of Mumbrella. She worked with the company from March 2019 to November 2020.

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ABC AFP AFP raids Annika Smethurst Australia’s Right to Know Coalition of Media Companies Australian federal police Marcus Strom MEAA Nationwide news News Corp Australia Right To Know coalition Sunday Telegraph The Sunday Telegraph
2 COMMENTS
Kristine Krajewski 15 Apr 20

Finally a good result.this made my day.

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Annabel 17 Apr 20

About time we had some good news.

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