Stitch-up : Emails reveal how TV story on trash 501 deportees aired Stitch-up : Emails reveal how TV story on trash 501 deportees aired Fri, 9 Jul 2021, 9:49AM
Media staff for the Australian Border Force ignored the privacy of 501 deportees by providing their names to a Channel 9 journalist, leading to the taking the trash out broadcast that soured trans-Tasman relations.
An email to the journalist from the Australian Border Force media unit listed the names and convictions of five New Zealanders being deported and provided video footage that showed their faces.
It did so a day after telling officials the deportees names would not be released, prompting one Australian senator to say emails obtained by the Herald revealed a stitch-up .
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