AFP boss wants the leaker's head — the rest of the story can wait

SMH · Matthew Knott · Thursday 28 May 2026

AFP boss wants the leaker's head — the rest of the story can wait

AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett vows to hunt the leaker who tipped off media before Ben Roberts-Smith's arrest. The leak gets the urgency; the underlying conduct took a decade.

The AFP's lost a leak and Barrett's furious — more furious, apparently, than the brass were about Afghanistan for the better part of a decade. The system spent years protecting the reputation; now it wants consequences for the bloke who let the timing slip. Priorities, mate. Priorities.

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