’High-profile man’: Suppression challenged in QLD extortion case

A Queensland man is accused extorting his former partner by threatening to expose her alleged past affair with a high-profile public figure.

The identity of the high-profile man has been suppressed even though he's not accused of any wrongdoing.

Cairns reporter Conor Byrne and investigative reporter Grace Tobin join the pod to explain what we can and can't report and why.

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