The Australian Federal Police turned up on the doorstep of the Newscorp journalist Annika Smethurst, in reference to her 2018 article that reported that the defence and home affairs ministries had discussed vast new powers to allow the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) to spy on Australian citizens. News Corp Australia said that the raid was outrageous and seeks to punish a journalist for reporting a legitimate news story that was clearly in the public interest.
