Fernandes' home was one of two raided in September 2000 by the Australian Federal Police and Defence Security Authority officers for suspected leaks of intelligence material. These leaks were instrumental in exposing what the Australian government really knew about the situation in East Timor, including the links between the Indonesian generals and the various massacres in Timor in 1999. No incriminating evidence was found and no charges were laid against Fernandes or Dr Phillip Dorling (former opposition Foreign Affairs spokesman Laurie Brereton's policy adviser)