AFP will not charge Annika Smethurst following raid
almost 4 years in couriermail
The Australian Federal Police has confirmed it will not lay any charges against News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst.
Ms Smethurst’s home was raided by the AFP in June last year amid an investigation into a story she wrote in April 2018 about the government’s plan to increase the surveillance powers of the Australian Signals Directorate.
The raid was challenged in the High Court by News Corp, with the Court finding the search warrant used by the AFP to search Ms Smethurst’s home to be invalid.
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