Tough Mullett takes aim
Former Victoria Police union chief Paul Mullett says he was a political target
Hedley Thomas
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OPI raid on Ashby kept secret
AN OPI investigator failed to disclose that she entered the office of then Victorian assistant police commissioner Noel Ashby late at night.
OPI ‘corrupt’ in helping top cop change evidence
INVESTIGATORS from the Office of Police Integrity in Victoria helped a favoured Victoria Police assistant commissioner to “mould” fresh sworn evidence.
Police claim laws broken in covert op
A SENIOR serving Victoria Police officer has sworn an affidavit alleging that laws were broken in a secret interception of telephone conversations during a controversial covert operation.
Watchdog a law unto itself
VICTORIA’S Office of Police Integrity seems to have stepped well over the mark in investigating senior police.
Police union to sue star chamber
THE Victorian Police Association is preparing a legal bid to bring the Office of Police Integrity to account for allegedly misusing its powers.
Fossil warriors won’t call a truce for Sediba
HIS amazing find will do little to endear Lee Berger to many fellow scientists.
Two boys close the evolutionary gap
TWO million years later, a potential missing link in evolution estimated to have been nine years old when he died has been discovered by a boy of the same age.
Truly unique case finally in court
IT IS Day 1 of the criminal trial of Dr Jayant Patel, a man whose legacy as head surgeon at a regional hospital in Queensland will be examined, diagnosed and dissected in the Supreme Court in Brisbane for the next two months.
Racism claims put spotlight on OPI-police ties
A LEGAL framework to prevent cosy relationships and career swaps between top members of Victoria’s OPI and Victoria Police, is urgently needed.
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