SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's High Court ruled on Wednesday that a warrant used by police to search a journalist's home was invalid but declined to order seized material destroyed, a setback for investigators that received qualified praise from press freedom advocates.
A raid on the Canberra home of News Corp editor Annika Smethurst last year, one of two Australian Federal Police (AFP) raids on the media within a week, caused a firestorm of criticism by the country's media chiefs, although law enforcement authorities said the searches were justified.
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