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Seven welcomes AFP Senate Inquiry findings

Seven welcomes a Senate Committee report that concludes an AFP raid was an overreaction.

AFP-RAID-Seven has welcomed a report from an AFP Senate Committee Inquiry following the infamous AFP raid on Seven’s offices earlier this year.

Seven issued the following statement:

Seven West Media today welcomed the report of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee into the Current Investigative Processes and Powers of the Australian Federal Police in relation to non-criminal matters.

The Inquiry stemmed from the raids on Seven West Media premises on 18 February which saw over 30 armed Federal Police sent to search the premises of Seven in relation to a proposed media interview. The search warrants pursuant to which the AFP officers entered the premises were subsequently quashed by the Federal Court.

Seven West Media Chairman Kerry Stokes said “These raids were an outrageous intrusion on a free press and the civil rights of law abiding citizens. We are extremely pleased that the Senate Committee has recognized that the AFP raids on Seven were a complete overreaction to the circumstances and expressed the view that “the AFP has not justified its decision to apply for search warrants”.

“More importantly we very much welcome the considered views expressed by the Committee and its recommendations for sensible law reform that will improve AFP procedures, protect journalists’ sources and ensure that raids like these are a thing of the past.”

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  1. what I found amazing about this was the AFP raided seven from a couple of newspaper articles, yet with an email and phone hacking scandal going on in the UK they did not raid the Murdoch offices in Australia to see whether it was maybe happening here!

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