AFP wins right to examine Ashby-Slipper evidence in prosecution of Mal Brough

By Louise Hall
Updated May 23 2016 - 4:10pm, first published May 19 2016 - 12:49pm
Peter Slipper, Mal Brough and James Ashby. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen, Harrison Saragossi, Wolter Peeters
Peter Slipper, Mal Brough and James Ashby. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen, Harrison Saragossi, Wolter Peeters

The Australian Federal Police will be allowed to use text messages and phone calls between former speaker Peter Slipper and his former media adviser James Ashby in its criminal investigation into former Liberal minister Mal Brough after a court found "there is a legitimate public interest".

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