ABC Chair wants guarantee of no more AFP raids

ABC chair Ita Buttrose has demanded the government guarantee there will be no more Australian Federal Police raids on newsrooms.

AFP officers enter ABC headquarters in Sydney

AFP officers enter ABC headquarters in Sydney Source: ABC Australia


Ms Buttrose raised concerns about the raids on the ABC's headquarters and a News Corp journalist's home in a conversation with the new Communications Minister.

Search warrants were executed at the A-B-C's Ultimo headquarters over 2017 stories on allegations Australian soldiers may have carried out unlawful killings in Afghanistan, based on leaked Defence papers.

Another warrant executed on News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst's home was over the 2018 publication of a leaked plan to allow the Australian Signals Directorate to spy on Australians.

 


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