“Back in June, Australian Federal Police (AFP) raided the headquarters of the country’s main public broadcaster, the ABC, to search for information on who leaked documents alleging misconduct by Australian special forces to ABC journalists back in 2017.
That was one of several police actions against journalists that brought forward the issue of Australian press freedom — and its limits. Australia is the only liberal democracy that has no equivalent to the United States’ First Amendment protecting freedom of the press at a foundational level.”
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