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.
Victoria Police
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.
Doyle breaks up the Occupy Melbourne party in the city square
Victoria Police have acted on Lord Mayor Robert Doyle’s demands to evict members of Occupy Melbourne from their indefinite camp in City Square, calling in the force’s shield-wielding riot squad to disperse the tent city.
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.
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.
‘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.
Political snippets: Labor in South Australia
Is the Labor Government of South Australia controlled by the Catholic Right?
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.
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.
Did the Herald Sun finger a snitch?
Did the Herald Sun’s decision to reveal that Williams was receiving payments from Victoria Police precipitate his violent death in order to silence him? asks Dave Gaukroger.
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.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: New changes to the criminal justice world
So apparently there is a new charge sheet to be used for all people being charged by the Victorian Police. Too bad no one remembered to tell anyone about it.
Devine: Want to stop murders? Look to New York
If Miranda Devine was an Indian mother, then she wouldn’t send her child to study in Melbourne. Particularly when all the pollies can do is whip out their personal spin machines on overseas junkets rather than address better policing methods.
The terror raid leak was serious. We must find the source
Thanks to the leaking of the terror raids in Melbourne by The Oz
Guy Rundle: Rundle: boomers were more violent than “generation brat”
Far from being a more violent generation, Gen Y has contributed far less to the increase in social violence than their parents.
Police officer’s Facebook frolics dredged up in court
Note to members of Facebook’s “I secretly want to punch slow-walking people in the back of the head” group: it can and will be used against you in a court of law.
Who is the minister some bits of Fairfax refuse to name?
It seems different arms of the Fairfax Media empire are more circumspect than others when it comes to outing Victorian state government ministers, writes Andrew Crook.
Teenage deaths in Athens and Melbourne: A comparison
This is Northcote, not Exarchia, writes Cam Smith.
Police quick out of the blocks to spin their latest shooting
The reaction by Victoria Police to the shooting by their officers of a 15 year old boy in a Melbourne park last night is an appallingly insensitive exercise in self protection and spin, writes Greg Barns.
Activism is not a crime, so why the snooping?
A democratic society should actively encourage community organising rather than viewing it as some kind of gateway to crime, writes Jeff Sparrow.
