A blow to democracy': Federal Court dismisses ABC case against AFP raids

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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.

 

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Nothing new. Been going on in the West for some time. The freedom of the press is under assault, though much of the MSM is in the pocket of big government.

Remember Obama was spying on journalists and prosecuting them.

Whistle blowers like Assange and Manning are imprisoned, but the media is silent about this injustice.