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@annikasmethurst

National politics editor at Sunday Tele, Herald Sun, Sunday Mail et al. Regional Victorian living in Canberra via Nigella devotee & fan

annika.smethurst@news.com.au
Joined April 2009
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    10 Jan 2017
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  2. 21 minutes ago

    Apparently AFP members have been “subjected to unprecedented scrutiny” this week.

    23 replies . 104 retweets 395 likes
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    6 hours ago

    😶

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    4 hours ago

    . on freedom of the press and the need for a champion inside the parliament

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    3 hours ago

    It's a surreal world. I never thought the day would come when I write in solidarity with Australian journalists and ABC from Manus Island. We must accept this bitter truth, that we have entered a dark period for free speech in this liberal democracy.

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    4 hours ago

    Fed Police doing a press conference at 2pm to address the raids

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    12 hours ago

    Globally shamed.

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    Jun 4

    A raid on an Australian journalist’s home was believed to be the first such action in the country in more than a decade. A union for media workers called the search “an outrageous attack on press freedom.”

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    21 hours ago

    “Apart from Annika Smethurst being a great cook I don't know what they would have discovered there. Ultimately most of her work is done here in the press gallery but that is not where they went.” Shane Wright

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    Jun 3

    The Coalition Government is working up a suppression trifecta: 1) Obstructing - all access requests 2) Persecuting whistleblowers - & ⁦⁩ 3) Using police to intimidate journalists - ⁦⁩

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    16 hours ago

    The raids on Annika Smethurst, the ABC, and the threat to 2GB’s Ben Fordham are ominous for a free, independent press. This isn’t China or East Germany. ScoMo has been flippant in his attempt to flick pass it all to the AFP.

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    11 hours ago

    The AFP raids on ⁦⁩ and ⁦⁩ have been covered extensively by the American media.. now we’re on the beeb as well. Many American journos can’t believe the restrictions and unfriendly media climate we have

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    18 hours ago

    "I can’t help but think: this is a bad, sad and dangerous day for a country where we have for so long valued — and taken for granted — a free press.”

    11 replies . 208 retweets 309 likes
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    6 hours ago

    Loreto will be pleased you found your shorthand notebooks

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    7 hours ago

    Yes. Herald Sun editorial comment on AFP raids says it all. 👇🏼 ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩

    9 replies . 43 retweets 92 likes
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    6 hours ago

    What pollies care about - how they are portrayed on a newspaper's front page. Outstanding splash

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    8 hours ago

    Federal Police raids on journalists this week mark a new low point in the fight for a free press in Australia. The reporters are doing their job (very well by the way ) in the public interest. Every Australian should be outraged by this appalling attack on the profession.

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    7 hours ago

    "The Australian understands further media raids were planned for today but have been put on hold." I have a few questions about that statement

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    7 hours ago

    There’s no greater public interest than the story about a plan to spy on Aussie citizens.The raids on her & the ABC attack our democracy & the public’s right to know. They’re an attack on all Austns including Sco Mo’s quiet Austns-the ones we fight for everyday

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    9 hours ago

    Nailed it, Mark Knight.

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    20 hours ago

    Great statement by

    Statement by the National Press Club of Australia on the AFP raids:
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