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Smethurst v Commissioner of Police

(2020) 272 CLR 177
JurisdictionAustralia
Year2020
Statusunclear

Key Principle

search warrant; AFP raid on journalist's home; press freedom; implied freedom of political communication

Area of Law

criminal

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