News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst will not be charged over stories she published that relied on classified intelligence documents, Australian Federal Police have confirmed.
Last year, police raided Ms Smethurst's home over reports, published in the Sunday Telegraph, on plans to expand the powers of the Australian Signals Directorate.
The story relied on and included images of documents marked "secret" and "top secret".
The raid on Ms Smethurst's home came one day before the AFP launched raids on the ABC over separate reporting, sparking a national debate about press freedom.
Until today, police had not ruled out charging Ms Smethurst, but the AFP said the investigation into News Corp had been finalised and no charges would be laid.
Earlier this year, the High Court ruled the search warrant used to raid Ms Smethurst's home was invalid, due to a technicality.
It did not make a ruling on whether the raids constituted a breach of free political communication.
However, the court allowed police to retain the material they seized.
Police will speak on the closure of their investigation at 1:30pm.
More to come.
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