Malcolm Turnbull appoints ex-judges to defend journalists under data retention laws

By Hannah Ryan
Updated January 24 2016 - 8:13pm, first published 7:22pm

Lawyers with no background in representing journalists have been tasked with defending journalists' sources in a secretive warrant process under new data retention laws, documents obtained under freedom of information laws reveal.

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