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Dec 9, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
BREAKING: On the very last sitting day of the year Peter Dutton is trying to ram through sweeping new powers for ASIO.

Laws that could target kids as young as 14, journalists, whistleblowers and protesters. Peter Dutton is rushing through laws would have a chilling effect on journalists breaking politically significant stories, intimidate brave whistleblowers from speaking out and could see journalists jailed for five years if they refuse to reveal their sources.
Jun 5, 2019 9 tweets 2 min read
The police raids going on at the ABC – RIGHT NOW – are part of a super concerning trend. [a thread] Yesterday, journalist Annika Smethurst was getting ready for work when AFP officers showed up at her house, went through her house, including her underwear drawer (!?), and took her phone.