the AFP readily stated it obtains telecommunications data of journalists as part of investigations into leaks under sections 70 and 79 of the Commonwealth Crimes Act. Over the last two years, the AFP was asked to conduct 10 leak investigations, pursued six of those and was considering pursuing a seventh, Xenophon was told. “We will know the numbers they [journalists] have called. Whether or not we have gone to the next step of making further requests under section 178 to find out who those numbers belong to is a matter for the investigations team on a case-by-case basis,” Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan told the committee. crikey.au/2013/10/21/when-mps-and-journalists-should-not-use-their-own-phones
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