A former Victorian editor of The Australian newspaper has been accused of biased reporting by outgoing Office of Police Integrity director Michael Strong.
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OPI report: secret deals and media manipulation
A report released this week reveals a trail of misinformation, secret deals and media manipulation by a ministerial adviser that in part provoked the resignation of Victorian Police Commissioner Simon Overland.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: crossing the line? What line?
Today media writer Margaret Simons provides a forensic breakdown of the OPI report tabled in Victorian Parliament this morning entitled Crossing the Line.
Police investigating themselves: a ‘hopeless position’
Advocacy groups have been pushing to kick police units out of investigations into police matters for almost 20 years, writes Crikey intern Katie Weiss. Now there’s a renewed push.
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.
‘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.
Tangle of media self-interest at the heart of Overland saga
Sometime in the next couple of months, probably in August, the Victorian Office of Police Integrity will release its report on the complaint that Police Commissioner Simon Overland made against his deputy, Sir Ken Jones. Media leaking and media conduct will be at the heart of that report.
Hands up who failed stats: Overland resigns
The Victorian Ombudsman has found that Police Commissioner Simon Overland was solely responsible for the release of assault statistics he knew were bodgie just before the Victorian election.
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.
Simons: more questions for The Oz, police on Operation Neath
A lack of police understanding about newspaper production schedules was apparently behind the premature publication by The Australian newspaper of information about an anti-terrorism operation. Margaret Simons details the long-awaited police report.
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.
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.
Hedley Thomas defends Overland story: ‘… the facts speak for themselves’
Hedley Thomas responds to Margaret Simons’ story Vendetta journalism? The murky story behind The Oz, the OPI and Overland published in yesterday’s edition.
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.
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.
Delayed: Hulls intervenes in Oz terror leak case
The Victorian Government has intervened on the side of the Office of Police Integrity in its high-stakes battle to be allowed to publish a report critical of The Australian newspaper.
The Oz accused of running defence in high-stakes police fight
The Victorian Office of Police Integrity has accused The Australian newspaper of running a campaign against it as a strategic move in the run-up to tomorrow’s Federal Court hearing in the so-called “Oz Leaks” case.
What’s The Oz hiding? Judgement on Stewart’s leak delayed
Yesterday, Justice Michelle Gordon was expected to publish her decision on two matters regarding The Australian’s terror raids scoop from last year, but so far no decision has been published. Why?
Simons: Stewart case a gut wrencher
The case of Nationwide News and Australian editor Paul Whittaker versus the Office of Police integrity is turning in to a high stakes game, with the reputation of the OPI and The Australian newspaper in play.
Terror scoop: The Oz tries to stop OPI briefing
The Oz is trying to prevent the Victorian OPI from briefing public prosecutions about a “serious criminal offence”, allegedly committed during the research for reporter Cameron Stewart’s terrorism scoop last year.
What chance ASIO will tell all?
Given the extraordinary powers now enjoyed by ASIO, the revelations of systemic wrongdoing should send alarm bells ringing. Yet one should not be too optimistic as to the results of the mooted investigation, writes Jeff Sparrow.
