A Brisbane TV journalist is facing potential Crime and Corruption Commission hearings after losing a Supreme Court appeal on Friday.
In a 2018 hearing the journalist refused to name sources and refused to answer questions which he says he did because of “public interest immunity”, the most recent ruling warned the journalist he could face up to 5 years in prison.
The Queensland director of journalists’ union Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, Michelle Rae says the decision places journalists at risk, saying it is a known principle in the journalism world that one doesn’t disclose the identity of their confidential source and that Queensland adopt shield laws.