AFP compiles 200-page file on Guardian Australia journalist Paul Farrell after border protection boss refers 2014 report to police • The AFP and me: how one of my asylum stories sparked a 200-page police investigationThe head of the Australian journalists’ union has criticised the government for its heavy-handed threats to media reporting after it emerged that the Australian federal police has accrued a file of at least 200 pages on a Guardian Australia reporter in an attempt to uncover and prosecute his confidential sources.
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Source: theguardian.com