Thursday, June 06, 2019

BBC Statement Re AFP Raids – An Attack on Press Freedom



Kerry O'Brien

Chair of the Walkley Foundation and long-time presenter of the ABC's 7.30 program Kerry O'Brien says this week's AFP raids on the ABC and a News Corp journalist are "unprecedented".

He tells Patricia Karvelas "people have to be really clear about what’s at stake here."


"If they care about democracy, this does go to the heart of democracy and the democratic process."



World media condemns Australian Federal Police raids targeting journalists

Two Australian Federal Police raids targeting journalists who exposed sensitive information about defence and intelligence agencies have sparked an international outcry. 

The AFP raid on the ABC's headquarters in Sydney over 2017 stories about Australia's special forces in Afghanistan followed a police search of a News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst's Canberra home. 

He tells Patricia Karvelas "people have to be really clear about what’s at stake here."


"If they care about democracy, this does go to the heart of democracy and the democratic process."

World media condemns Australian Federal Police raids targeting journalists

The AFP raid on the ABC's headquarters in Sydney over 2017 stories about Australia's special forces in Afghanistan followed a police search of a News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst's Canberra home. 

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