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The ABC says a chilling Federal Court decision gives police the right to "enter a newsroom and fossick around for confidential files".
The public broadcaster has failed in its legal bid to block the Australian Federal Police poring over documents seized in a controversial raid last year.
ABC News director Gaven Morris says the decision is a blow to democracy.
"It's clear that the way public-interest journalism is able to be undertaken in this country is a mess," he told reporters outside the court in Sydney.
"I think fundamentally the court has ruled the AFP has the right to enter a newsroom and fossick around in confidential files.
'A blow to democracy': Federal Court dismisses ABC case against AFP raids
Wow. Confidential files that were leaked. Confidentiality is in the eye of the beholder?
Don't get me wrong. I expect this crap in a third world country but not in Australia.
The public broadcaster has failed in its legal bid to block the Australian Federal Police poring over documents seized in a controversial raid last year.
ABC News director Gaven Morris says the decision is a blow to democracy.
"It's clear that the way public-interest journalism is able to be undertaken in this country is a mess," he told reporters outside the court in Sydney.
"I think fundamentally the court has ruled the AFP has the right to enter a newsroom and fossick around in confidential files.
'A blow to democracy': Federal Court dismisses ABC case against AFP raids
Wow. Confidential files that were leaked. Confidentiality is in the eye of the beholder?
Don't get me wrong. I expect this crap in a third world country but not in Australia.