Sandra Sully’s hilarious spoof bulletin takes aim at AFP and Scott Morrison’s catchcries

Popular newsreader Sandra Sully has taken a swipe at the Federal Police and Scott Morrison’s daggy catchcries in a hilarious ‘news update’.

Acclaimed news anchor Sandra Sully has taken a hilarious swipe at the Australian Federal Police and Scott Morrison’s government over the ongoing issue of press freedom.

The Network 10 presenter filmed a parody of a news bulletin to promote a comedy show featuring high-profile journalists being held in Sydney later this week, to probe the fallout of the AFP’s unprecedented raids in June.

With an incredible deadpan delivery, good sport Sully combines taking the mickey out of the heavy-handed attacks on press freedom with some of Mr Morrison’s favourite daggy quips and catchcries.

“Here are the headlines approved by the Department of Communications on 10,” Sully begins in the satirical clip.

“The Royal Commission into How Good is Australia? has found that Australia is very good and gooder than many estimates predicted. The Department of Fair Go agrees with the findings, saying that Aussies are getting fairer goes and more goes than ever before.”

Sandra Sully has taken a hilarious swipe at the Australian Federal Police raids on the ABC and News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst.

Sully’s other headlines include news of an overhaul of the Order of Australia to celebrate the Prime Minister’s often-touted “quiet Australians”.

The headlines update concludes with viewers being urged to “report traitors” on the Department of Home Affairs website.

The comedy event on Thursday — A Rational Fear’s Stop the Press — will feature Alice Workman from The Australian, broadcast icon Ray Martin, Kate McClymont from The Sydney Morning Herald, Ben Fordham from 2GB, Lewis Hobba from Triple J and comedian Dan Illic.

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AFP officers arriving at the ABC’s Ultimo headquarters on June 5 as part of an unprecedented attack on press freedom. Picture: Brendan Esposito

News Corp Australia’s political editor Annika Smethurst had several AFP officers spend most of June 4 raiding her home, including rifling through her underwear drawer. Picture: Gary Ramage

Media organisations have united in the wake of the June raids on the home of News Corp Australia political editor Annika Smethurst and the headquarters of the ABC in Sydney.

Ms Smethurst was in the AFP’s crosshairs after revealing a secret government plan to spy on the digital activities of Australian citizens.

Calls for major reform and protections of journalists working in the public interest have been met with resistance, and the government and AFP continue to refuse ruling out criminal charges against three reporters.

The ABC raid was sparked by 2017 reports, based on leaked top-secret Defence documents, that highlighted serious allegations of war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.

The warrant obtained by the AFP gave it wide-reaching authority to view, seize, edit and destroy virtually any documents it saw fit.

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ABC and AFP staff examine items subject to a wide-ranging search warrant. Picture: Brendan Esposito

It came just a day after the Canberra home of Annika Smethurst, political editor for News Corp Australia’s Sunday newspapers, was raided by seven police for seven hours.

During that search, Smethurst’s kitchen was rifled through — including cookbooks and her oven and bin — and officers went through her underwear drawer.

“This is a really chilling example of what happens when government thinks they aren’t going to be held to account,” Claire Harvey, The Sunday Telegraph’s deputy editor, told the ABC at the time.

Acting AFP Commissioner Neil Gaughan speaks to the media about the unprecedented raids. Picture: Getty Images

“Seven Federal Police officers spent several hours going through every drawer in (Smethurst’s) home, the kitchen drawers and underwear drawer. Her cookbooks, they went through every page.

“It’s interesting they haven’t searched Annika’s office. All media organisations should be concerned about who’s going to be next.”

The curious timing of the raids, less than one month after the federal election and a considerable time after the two topics in question were originally published and broadcast, was slammed.