Claim 475

The AFP's deputy commissioner said there was insufficient evidence to establish the document's path or source.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The AFP's deputy commissioner said there was insufficient evidence to establish the document's path or source.
Field: status
Value: AFP declines to charge Smethurst
About: incident 2020-australia-high-court-invalidates-smethurst-warrant
Source: AFP won't charge journalist Annika Smethurst after probe of leaked documents
Publisher: SBS News
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2020-05-27

Quotation from the source

There was insufficient evidence to show the path of the (leaked) document, where it came from, and who it went to.