Journo union attacks police raids over NBN leaks as ‘heavy handed’

The union representing journalists has said raids carried out overnight on the offices of former Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and the home of a Labor Party staffer were “heavy handed” and an attack on press freedom.

Overnight police raided two properties in Melbourne in relation to leaked documents given to The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review, The Australian, the ABC and Delimiter about the state of the NBN network and problems within it.

The Australian Federal Police say the raids were in relation to unauthorised disclosure of Commonwealth information.

Murphy: “The government wants to shoot the messenger rather than address the issues raised by journalists”