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Media Statement: reports of AFP search warrants

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News reports today that the AFP executed search warrants at a Chinese Embassy property in May are incorrect.
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Fact Check: Commissioner misquoted on anti-consorting laws

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In an article published yesterday, the Canberra Times reported AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw said “the recent death of the head of the Canberra chapter of the Comanchero bikie gang showed the ACT needed to consider anti-consorting rules”.
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Media statement

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Media reporting the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has launched a preliminary investigation into RT – a Russian television network - for foreign interference is incorrect.
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Concerns about alleged incidents in PNG raised by AFP member

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The AFP is aware of concerns raised by an AFP member regarding alleged incidents and human rights abuses in PNG in 2013 and 2014.
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Fact Check: AFP Access to Journalist Metadata

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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is aware of comments made by the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) in relation to the AFP’s access of journalists’ metadata.
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Fact Check: AFP response to media reporting on our role in PNG

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The Australian Federal Police would like to respond to a media report published on 23 November 2015 regarding the AFP’s role i
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Fact check: Use of metadata in relation to journalists

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In a statement released yesterday, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) claimed that AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin confirmed the AFP had “been repeatedly asked to hunt down journalists’ sources by accessing journalists’ metadata and he confirmed that it is doing so.
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