This appeared a few days agoPolice illegally obtained journalist's phone records under new metadata retention regimeMichael Koziol Published: April 28 2017 - 5:06PMThe Australian Federal Police illegally obtained a journalist's phone records under the Turnbull government's new metadata retention regime, the agency announced on Friday.The breach took place as part of an investigation into a leak of confidential police material - and the incident will now be investigated by the Commonwealth Ombudsman.AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin said the police officers investigating the leak did not realise they were required to obtain a warrant to access the journalist's metadata."This was human error. It should not have occurred. The AFP takes it very seriously and we take full responsibility for breaching the Act," Mr Colvin said."There was no ill will or malice or bad intent by the officers involved who breached the Act. But simply it was a mistake."The journalist in question had not been...
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