19:07 EDT, 8 April 2021 A veteran Sydney journalist's threat to expose the masterminds behind an alleged million-dollar tax fraud was done to blackmail them, a jury has head. When Stephen Barrett listed his 39 years of reporting credentials for Channel 7, Channel 9 and ABC investigations in a meeting recorded by police, it wasn't purely for journalistic purposes, crown prosecutor Patricia Mcdonald said in her opening address. The surveillance device installed in Clamenz Lawyers firm at the MLC building in Sydney picked up Barrett talking about a 'very serious story I want to investigate'. Veteran Sydney journalist Stephen Barrett's (pictured) threat to expose the masterminds behind an alleged million-dollar tax fraud was done to blackmail them, a jury has head