Peter Dutton says federal
police should consider ‘public interest implications’ before investigating leaks that involve journalists
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has given new directions to the Australian Federal Police on investigations into journalists and media organisations.
The decision came in the wake of the AFP raiding the Canberra home of a News Corp journalist and the
Sydney office of the ABC over separate leak investigations – both of which were widely condemned as heavy-handed and for having a chilling effect on reporting.