Wednesday, June 05, 2019

Highly unusual raids: Spectre of Absurdity is haunting Australia

This week has been a very sad week for Australia. Without a strong media that is fearless and can protect sources and whistleblowers our country will be weaker. It is in everyone’s interests to know the truth ... Sunlight is the best disinfectant ...




I was fairly stoic today until I read this message from my grade six teacher. Thank you Mr Flanagan, you were one of the best teachers I had right at the time I needed it
AFP raids journo after Chinese spy expose


*More Police Raids As War On Journalism Escalates Worldwide


AFP raids ABC


Press raids are proof Australians deserve more scrutiny of their government, not less


  • by David Crowe
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The AFP has raided the ABC offices in Sydney over a series of stories on Australia's elite special forces in Afghanistan. Separate police raids on the national broadcaster and the home of a News Corp Australia journalist are a serious attack on the freedom of the press and ...

Media must report without fear or favour


EDITORIAL


*AFP Press Release


Australian Federal Police under the spotlight and not for the first time ...

2GB-4 Jun 2019
Alan Jones says the Australian Federal Police (AFP) is under the spotlight yet again for “unaustralian” behaviour after they raided a journalist's ...

Scott Morrison says the recent AFP raids on journalists were at complete arm's length from his Government, but leading journalists say police were operating within laws created by the state ...











Bernard Keane
8h
Presumably the next target of an   will be the ABS after it exposed how bad the economy is this morning.
   


John Lyons
5h
Now for the really sensitive stuff. They’ve asked for the doors to be closed. (Somehow they haven’t booted me out so I’ll stay as long as I can.) This is a bizarre situation - I’m sitting in a room with 6 officers conducting a  who seem to be reading my tweets!
   


EVERALD COMPTON8h
  on  & Smethurst tells us that
a reign of terror has begun in Australia. 
has used same words about national security
as  did in Germany 80 years ago. I know
Because I heard Hitler on ABC when I was at School. 
Be very afraid.
  Local Beer Garden After Half-Pissed Punter Says Bloody Government Is Full Of Crooks: 


Police raid on ABC HQ sparks firestorm over press freedom and national security

The government has been forced to affirm the independence of AFP after two raids targeting journalists.
  • by Michael KoziolFergus Hunter and Lucy Cormack

Statement by the National Press Club of Australia on the AFP raids:




Journalist's home raided over spying story

AFP RAID LIVE: The AFP have just realised I’m live tweeting the raid and raised it with me. I’ve said I think ABC staff and others have a right to know about a raid on our premises. I’ve said I won’t use any names of alleged sources or confidential material. They’ve accepted this




John Lyons(@TheLyonsDen)
The warrant is very broad - it includes any material (which I listed earlier) relating to the ABC, the ABC’s National Reporting Team, the Australian Defence Force, the Dept of Defence, the Chief of Army, the Special Air Service (SAS), the 2nd Commando Company...
June 5, 2019


Media statement: Second   in two days a disturbing ‘new normal’ that seeks to criminalise journalism.  


Shortly after 11.30am on Wednesday, Australian federal police officers entered the ABC’s flagship office in Sydney with a warrant. The warrant related to articles the journalists Dan Oakes and Sam Clark published on 11 July 2017, known as “the Afghan files”, which included allegations Australian special forces soldiers were under scrutiny for war crimes.


Questions raised over timing of AFP raids

NEWS.com.au‎ 
Federal police raid the home of News Corp Australia journalist Annika Smethurst over a story 
Government under pressure over AFP raid on journalist's home ABC Local


Why the raids on Australian media present a clear threat to democracy ABC

NEWS.com.au




Labor on today's raid by the AFP 

































The head of the defence force, Angus Campbell, referred the matter to the AFP the following day.
In March this year, a former defence lawyer, David McBride, was charged with five counts of leaking classified information which was alleged to have formed the basis of the reports. He has been committed to stand trial.

John Lyons says AFP raid on ABC is an attack on whistleblowers


ABC raid: AFP trawl through thousands of files over Afghan Files ...


ABC Local‎ - 

Australian Federal Police officers are raiding the ABC's Sydney headquarters over a series of 2017 ...


Australian Federal Police raid ABC headquarters at Sydney's Ultimo The Sydney Morning Herald
Scott Morrison deflects questions about raid on News Corp journalist The Guardian
'Highly unusual': Australian Federal Police raid ABC Sydney offices ... SBS
ABC News - 2GB



Annika Smethurst raid was more than an invasion of privacy



ScoMo delivers master class in dodging the question in Press Club ...

And thus we got this from Mr Morrison at the National Press Club: “You know, I think Australia is made stronger by Australian

Dutton defends media raids: ‘Leaking is an issue’