Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In June 2019 federal police raided NewsCorp journalist Annika Smethurt’s home and seized material for her story about government plans to increase surveillance of the Australian people. All charges against Smethurst have since been dropped; the raid appears to have been a naked attempt to uncover her source.

In association with the 4th CIJ Logan Symposium, Smethurst talks about her experience and its implications for journalists everywhere to the Director of the CIJ James Harkin.