OPI evidence will never be seen
EVIDENCE in an Office of Police Integrity affidavit on a Victorian phone taps scandal will never be disclosed.
Hedley Thomas
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Tawdry tale of smears and leaks
AN anti-corruption agency doing the bidding of the police chief. Gross abuses of extraordinary powers.
Forecast ignored before the floods
THE fuzzy outline of what looks like a mountain appears in the cockpit windscreen of the passenger jet.
Did Simon Overland misuse his powers?
THERE is a whiff of the Haneef affair in the commissioner’s Operation Briars.
Crimes act looms large for Overland
A SECTION of the Crimes Act of Victoria tailored to offences over the “falsification of documents” looms as a potential problem for Simon Overland.
Vanuatu wants ‘spy’ probed
THE Vanuatu Finance Minister wants Canberra to probe the conduct of an AusAID lawyer who was suddenly expelled and accused of espionage.
‘Spy’ denies Vanuatu claim
AN Australian government lawyer accused of espionage has been expelled from Vanuatu amid a search of his office and confiscation of his files and computer.
Legal advice stored as secret file
LEGAL advice that led to Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland being cleared over leaking telephone tap intelligence is being kept secret.
Dam manual a ‘relic’ of the past
FLAWS in Wivenhoe Dam’s operating document may have contributed to the Brisbane floods.
Deal stopped probes on global corruption
TELECOMS giant Alcatel was spared from ongoing investigation by cutting a deal in which the company paid a massive fine to US authorities.
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