Labor has argued the Coalition government is responsible for the raid on Smethurst's Canberra home because the secretary of the Department of Defence referred the leak to the Australian Federal Police.
"The documents described in the media appear to be extremely sensitive and divulge information about one of Australia’s key security agencies. Mr Dreyfus has since argued that Smethurst's reporting was in the national interest, as has Labor leader Anthony Albanese."I think it is a good thing that that was reported, frankly," Mr Albanese said this week. "Australians do have a right to know what is going on in a democracy."
In a separate interview on the same day, he said: "I don’t accept that there is some national security reason there for not discussing it."In a statement on Saturday, Mr Dreyfus said: "I have never disputed that this leak was of a very serious nature, nor that it should have been looked into. My concern has entirely centred around the raiding of a journalists’ home and the government’s abdication of its responsibility to uphold the principle of press freedom.
"The chaos inside government cannot be allowed to interfere with the vital work of our security agencies, or indeed any other arm of the public service engaged with national security," Mr Dreyfus wrote. Government officials have long been adamant there was never a plan to spy on Australians. Rather, the potential expansion of the ASD's role involved using the agency's capabilities to disrupt in the systems of cyber-enabled criminals such as paedophile rings and organised crime gangs in Australia.
geoffrey_payne annikasmethurst Any argument that says that a public service agency or individual can manipulate, cover up, fabricate, destroy and alter any government information is supporting the view that Australian public servants are above the law, and entitled to engage in criminal conduct.
annikasmethurst AustralianLabor and markdreyfusQCMP have been quiet about this request. Also sounds like they didn't tell AlboMP before he attacked Dutton
annikasmethurst ItsBouquet hold my beer
annikasmethurst So what? They're not in government!
annikasmethurst That is untrue. Try again.
annikasmethurst I imagine Mark Dreyfus did write the last year, but didn't write it. This man is a bloody hypocrite of the highest order.
annikasmethurst So labor caused the raids? 💩
annikasmethurst That is a misleading and false statement ...
annikasmethurst So? A letter asking for an explanation does not mean he ordered an AFP raid. Do you have any comments on the AFP not pursuing the medevac leak?
annikasmethurst Over 12 months later and when Dreyfus had not specifically request a probe? Dreyfus was correct in outlining the concern at the time. Try again.
annikasmethurst Natch
annikasmethurst Not true.
annikasmethurst Are both parties the same? Do we need something else? Who is protecting our democracy?
annikasmethurst How about an investigation into the red t-shirts electoral tampering cheating fraudulent affair no charges yet so much for fair above board democracy we need more whistleblowers to get these shifty elected representatives charged
annikasmethurst No one takes Dreyfus seriously. Who hired him anyway?
annikasmethurst Obviously Labor wasn’t happy with having classified documents either leaked or sold so are they now saying it’s ok to leak documents to journalists and maybe foreign powers
annikasmethurst Big Oops right there Albo? journalismisnotacrime AustralianLabor AlboMP
annikasmethurst Albo, a bit too quick to criticise, considering what Julia Gillard wanted in regards to controlling the Press in the past.
annikasmethurst here we go ....
annikasmethurst Blaming Labor again spin lies
annikasmethurst Bevan Shields again with Labor Labor Labor. Soon he’ll be at a Murdoch paper
annikasmethurst And of course the Labor Party is as pure as driven snow! Labor make the Al Capone and his gang of gangsters look like a bunch of choir boys! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!!!
annikasmethurst Investigating where the leak came from is not the same as raiding media and journalists with a warrant so open you can take (and EDIT) everything.
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