A Victoria police detective has been accused of a “colossal level of naivety” by discussing an upcoming terror raid with The Australian’s Cameron Stewart.
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AFP to The Oz: ‘you show me your info if we show you ours’
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.
READ MOREStewart 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.
READ MOREAFP 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.
READ MOREGlowing 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.
READ MOREArtz case: senior police at odds over evidence
A discrepancy between two senior police officers has emerged on the fourth day of the committal hearing of the former police officer accused of leaking information about a terror raid to The Australian.
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Artz case: Vic police ‘dumbfounded’ by level of info AFP gave to The Oz
Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police had a sharp disagreement about the extent of confidential briefings given to The Australian newspaper in order to persuade it to hold off publication of its scoop in a joint anti terrorism operation.
READ MOREWhen 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.
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The Oz editor bargained over lives in AFP raid
Former editor of The Australian, Paul Whittaker, bargained with police over how many lives would be lost if the newspaper published its scoop on the anti-terrorism operation before raids took place.
READ MORECrikey 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.
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AFP: details of dealing with The Oz a ‘national security issue’
The Australian Federal Police has claimed that release of details of its dealings with The Australian might endanger national security and undermine “mutual trust and co-operation” between the force and media organisations.
READ MORENews 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.
READ MOREJust 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.
READ MORESimon 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.
READ MORE‘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.
READ MOREStar 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.
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