AFP promises ‘swift action’ after Albanese, Ley and Morrison’s private phone numbers exposed online
Richard Marles says investigation under way into how the prime minister and other senior government staff's phone numbers appeared in the databases
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Federal police are scrambling to assist politicians after the private phone numbers of Anthony Albanese, Sussan Ley, Scott Morrison and senior government staff were discovered to be freely available in large contact databases published by American marketing companies.
The Australian Federal Police is seeking to have prime minister Albanese's number removed from such databases, where it is available to users free of charge, and to assist other federal parliamentarians who have been similarly exposed. Police have warned that harassment by phone or carriage service is illegal, and promised swift action" against those breaching such laws.
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