Federal police raid home near Parliament House
- Federal police have raided the Canberra home of a former government adviser
- Australian Federal Police descended on Griffith property near Parliament House
- Police officers carrying bags of evidence were seen leaving the property
Federal police have raided the Canberra home of a former government adviser.
Australian Federal Police officers descended on the Griffith property near Parliament House on Wednesday morning.
'This activity does not relate to any current or impending threat to the Australian community,' an AFP spokesman said in a statement.
A former government adviser's Canberra home has been raided by Australian Federal Police
'As this is an ongoing matter, it would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.'
The homeowner is a former senior media adviser within the government, Network Ten reports.
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Police officers carrying bags of evidence were seen leaving the property.
The operation comes three months after federal police raided the Canberra home of News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst and the Sydney headquarters of the ABC.
The consecutive June raids were in relation to separate stories based on leaked government information.
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