The chief judge of the County Court in the state of Victoria filed contempt charges in October against two reporters for the Melbourne-based Herald Sun who refused to divulge the source for a story on government plans to cut veterans' benefits. Gerard McManus and Michael Harvey could face jail if found in contempt.

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