The Age’s acting editor said the publication would “vigorously contest” the order.
The AgeThe Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission made a hurried, after-hours application for the gag order to the Supreme Court of Victoria on Wednesday evening, whereThe Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission obtained the interim injunction on Wednesday night.political reporter Paul Sakkal put detailed questions on Wednesday morning to several individuals.
“My client, as far as it’s been able to work out today, anticipates that somehow in the process of providing that draft report to persons for that purpose … one or more of those persons must have then passed on the report, or at least read out or conveyed information from that report … to a journalist atNekvapil told Justice Greg Garde that IBAC was tipped off about the impending story by one of the partiescontacted for a right of reply prior to publication.
He said he would attempt to prevent the publication of information contained in any proposed report on the grounds that the source of the material was legally bound to confidentiality. Nekvapil said that, “unlike some recent examples … the present [anti-corruption] operation has not been the subject of any public knowledge to date.”Under the IBAC Act, a person who is sent a copy of a draft report is prohibited from disclosing information contained in that report. The offence is punishable by 12 months’ imprisonment, a fine of $22,190, or both.
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