Age, Biography and Wiki
Annika Smethurst was born on 16 September, 1987 in Australian, is a Journalist. Discover Annika Smethurst's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 37 years old?
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Journalist |
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37 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
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16 September, 1987 |
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16 September |
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Australia |
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Annika Smethurst Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Annika Smethurst Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Annika Smethurst worth at the age of 37 years old? Annika Smethurst’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. She is from Australia. We have estimated
Annika Smethurst's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
On 15 April 2020, the High Court of Australia ruled that the search warrant used in the raid was invalid.
On 27 May 2020 the AFP announced that Smethurst would not be charged over her stories that "… relied on classified intelligence documents".
On 4 June 2019, the Australian Federal Police raided Smethurst's home over a story she published in 2018. She had been reporting on "alleged plans to allow greater surveillance of Australian citizens," with agents searching her computer, phone, and home. At the time of the raid, she was the political editor of Sydneys' The Sunday Telegraph. In her original report in April 2018, she "revealed top secret emails between Department of Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo and Department of Defence Secretary Greg Moriarty, discussing a plan to allow the cyber spy agency to snoop on Australian citizens." A "tepid" response to the raid, which included going through her cookbooks and underwear, from the prime minister resulted in criticism from the press and organizations such as the Australian Lawyers Alliance. News Corp called it a "dangerous act of intimidation." The AFP confirmed the raid was not only to uncover her source, but to potentially look into Smethurst and News Corp as targets for a criminal charge.
In 2017, Smethurst won her second Walkley Award, also in the Scoop of the Year category, for her story about taxpayer-funded trips to the Gold Coast made by Sussan Ley MP, to buy a flat. Ley was forced to resign as Health Minister as a result of the scandal.
Smethurst joined the Herald Sun's Canberra team in 2015. In December 2015, she won the 2015 Walkley Award for All Media Scoop of the Year for her investigation of the "Choppergate" expenses scandal involving Bronwyn Bishop's inappropriate use of parliamentary travel entitlements. She also won two Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards for her work on choppergate.
In 2012, while a reporter at the Bendigo Weekly, Smethurst played an important role covering the Jill Meagher missing person case and homicide investigation. Smethurst lived close to Meagher's house at the time and said that covering the story was difficult for her.
In June 2012, Smethurst joined the Herald Sun reporting team. In 2013, Smethurst and her colleagues, James Campbell, Matt Johnston, Michelle Ainsworth and Mitchell Toy, were nominated for a Walkley Award for their investigation into the back-room dealings of the office of the then Victorian premier Ted Baillieu, which exposed secret conversations between the premier's chief of staff and Tristan Weston, an adviser to the deputy premier Peter Ryan.
Smethurst graduated from Girton Grammar School in Bendigo, Victoria in 2005. She studied journalism and international studies at Monash University, beginning her degree in 2007 and completing her Honours thesis in journalism in 2010. She spent a semester of her degree at Bishop's University in Quebec, Canada. After graduation, Smethurst started a traineeship with News Corp Australia.
Annika Smethurst (born 16 September 1987) is an Australian journalist. She writes for the Herald Sun.
