AFP counter-terrorism tsar Steve Lancaster has told a court that he undertook a “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” process with The Australian’s Cameron Stewart to negotiate the terms of an anti-terror drop.
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Stewart points finger at Overland for ‘police politics’ that nabbed Artz
The Australian’s Cameron Stewart claims ex-police chief Simon Overland presided over the “police politics” that in his view was behind the OPI’s decision to pursue criminal charges against a junior source.
Stewart grilled over sources in Artz case, but won’t have a bar of it
Amid a torrid exchange between The Australian’s Cameron Stewart and Bill Stuart, for Artz, Stuart repeatedly pressed the journalist to broadly disclose his sources among Australia’s key counter-terrorism agencies.
Colleague says Artz dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s
The Victoria Police officer charged with leaking details of an anti-terror raid to The Australian’s Cameron Stewart “dotted the Is and crossed the Ts”, the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court heard today.
AFP warned over Oz‘s terror scoop timing
Ex-police spinner Nicole McKechnie warned the AFP a botched plan to distribute copies of The Australian exposing an anti-terror raid the morning it occurred was flawed.
Glowing reference for officer charged with leaking to The Oz
The Victoria Police officer charged with leaking to The Australian’s Cameron Stewart receives a glowing character reference from ex-colleagues at a committal hearing.
When The Oz muscles the AFP, that’s a story
It is impossible to separate the extraordinary behaviour of News Limited editor Paul Whittaker, revealed in the Melbourne Magistrates Court yesterday without also considering the context of media power in Australia.
Crikey Says: Media responsibility, and how to wield it
What kind of responsibility comes with owning more than 70% of Australia’s metropolitan and national news journalism?
Crikey wins right to publish ‘embarrassing’ docs on The Oz editor
Crikey has won — for the moment — its bid to prevent the suppression of how The Australian obtained a confidential briefing from the AFP over the Operation Neath raid.
News Ltd, AFP join forces to suppress Simon Artz conversation
The Australian government solicitor and the AFP are co-operating with News Limited in an attempt to suppress the contents of a key conversation between Paul Whittaker and police commissioner Tony Negus.
Just what is in the affidavit that the AFP don’t want you to see?
The Australian Federal Police is attempting to suppress details of its dealings with The Australian over the controversial Cameron Stewart scoop concerning the 2009 anti terrorism Operation Neath.
Simon Artz ‘Oz leaks’ committal won’t start until next year
The Simon Artz “Oz Leaks” case committal will not start until next year — more than 15 months first went to court — as the Victoria Police’s top brass moves to gag the media from reporting sensitive documents relating to the saga.
Mitchell and The Oz (part II): ‘it’s now war’ with the government
Several people close to The Australian say the paper is looking strident on many fronts. And as government tensions escalate one declares “it’s now war”. Crikey continues its profile of the national broadsheet under editor Chris Mitchell.
‘Oz leaks’ case returns to court, without fireworks
The Simon Artz “Oz Leaks” case returned to the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court this morning but rumoured fireworks mooted in the lead-up — that News Limited lawyers would try to have the proceedings moved in camera to protect its star associate editor Cameron Stewart — failed to eventuate.
Star witnesses to front court in Simon Artz Oz leaks case
The Office of Police Integrity has been dealt a savage blow in its case against Victoria Police officer Simon Artz, after Magistrate Jack Vandersteen allowed all 12 contested witnesses to be cross-examined when the saga heads to trial next year.
OPI chief accuses the Oz of intimidation over Stewart case
The director of the Victorian Office of Police Integrity, Michael Strong, has accused The Australian of conducting a campaign designed to intimidate him and his staff during the OPI’s investigation of reporter Cameron Stewart.
Landmark judgement to protect journalists’ sources
The European finding has profound implications … preventing journalists from being pressured to give up their sources as part of law enforcement activities.
Will Cameron Stewart talk? The Oz leaks case takes extraordinary turn
Crikey understands The Australian’s senior reporter Cameron Stewart has decided to give evidence voluntarily in the case against the man accused of being his confidential source for a Quill Award-winning scoop on the Operation Neath anti-terrorism raids.
Detective charged over The Oz anti-terror story
The Victorian police officer suspected of being the source for The Australian’s controversial scoop on anti-terrorism raids was charged this Monday by the Victorian Office of Police Integrity.
The Oz versus OPI: high stakes battle moves to next phase
The document at the centre of The Australian’s battle with the Victorian Office of Police Integrity will now not be released until after the prosecution of the police officer suspected of being reporter Cameron Stewart’s source.
Stewart didn’t breach ethics on source: journalists’ union
The journalists’ union doesn’t believe The Australian reporter Cameron Stewart breached ethical undertakings to his source during the Victorian Office of Police Integrity investigation into the scoop on the Operation Neath anti-terrorism raids.
Simons: on the drip from the OPI? Not likely
What’s next in the torrid business of The Australian, the rest of the media, the Victoria Police and the Office of Police Integrity? Cameron Stewart’s source may well be charged.
The Oz semi settles its police leaks case
ACLEI is investigating the way Federal Police dealt with The Oz over Cameron Stewart’s anti-terror raid leaks. Despite a court settlement yesterday, there are many more questions to answer.
Oz leaks back in court: is a deal about to be cut?
The case in which The Australian newspaper is seeking to suppress a report critical of its conduct was due to begin in the Federal Court this morning but was repeatedly delayed today.
Stewart-OPI case enters a new phase
The Australian and the Victorian Office of Police Integrity are conducting behind-the-scenes negotiations over a report critical of the newspaper and journalist Cameron Stewart.
