Concrete action rather than nice words are needed on press freedom

A policeman walks past the ABC logo at the main entrance to the ABC building in Ultimo, Sydney in June. Photograph: David Gray/AAPOne day Australians might come to thank the Australian federal police for their raids on the ABC and the home of a News Corp journalist last June, public integrity Professor AJ Brown suggested during a Senate inquiry last week.The raids – combing through the ABC’s computer system and journalist Annika Smethurst’s kitchen cupboards and underwear drawe