Claim 494

The High Court quashed the warrant but did not order the AFP to hand back or destroy the material seized in the raid.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The High Court quashed the warrant but did not order the AFP to hand back or destroy the material seized in the raid.
Field: status
Value: warrant quashed; seized material kept
About: incident 2020-australia-high-court-invalidates-smethurst-warrant
Source: Charges against News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst still possible after High Court throws out AFP warrant
Publisher: ABC News (Australia)
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: high
Status: current
Source date: 2020-04-15

Quotation from the source

was thrown out by the High Court on Wednesday, but police will be allowed to keep the materials they seized in the raid.