Livewires hamper effective intercepts
LAW enforcement agencies are giving criminals and corrupt police a headstart.
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Agencies tapped for misuse of powers
TELEPHONE surveillance is more widely used and abused than ever.
Report of much spin but little fortitude
THERE is a lot of spin and a pinch of substance in the annual report of Victoria’s Office of Police Integrity.
$300-an-hour legal secretaries
A LEADING lawyer has launched an attack on the profession over the “gross and obvious overcharging” by law firms that use secretaries as paralegals.
Easy to roll out pork barrels in a grey area
LEGAL experts say it is often all too hard to draw the line when it comes to political bribery.
Rival blames MP for lost seat
The bogus story about a child’s healthcare that might have cost Labor the election was a case of an MP blundering into a “false premise”.
Dad who took out ALP MP recants
AFTER Robert Murphy made an impassioned plea about failings in the health system before the federal election, Labor Party heavyweights feared the worst.
Overland was the first to leak: Linnell
THE former media chief for Victoria Police has broken his silence on Chief Commissioner Simon Overland.
Windsor to face backlash
Greg Smith has acknowledged that the independent would hit strong local opposition if he were to support Labor to form government
The G-G’s delicate judgment
FOR the best part of her adult life Quentin Bryce has taken on public roles and responsibilities which have demanded many skills.
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