AFP won't charge journalist Annika Smethurst after probe of leaked documents

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• Australia's High Court invalidates warrant for raid on journalist Annika Smethurst
• Claim 475: The AFP's deputy commissioner said there was insufficient evidence to establish the document's path or source.
• Claim 476: The journalists' union said the case showed how national-security laws could be misused against public-interest journalism.
• Claim 477: The Law Council of Australia's president said the law continued to leave journalists exposed to investigation and prosecution.

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