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Australian police rejected Fifa requests for Gianni Infantino to be escorted during World Cup travel

Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria police turned down request for escort for Fifa president, which is normally reserved for foreign heads of state

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The Body Of A 34 Y.O. Vic Man Who Vanished Two Weeks Ago Has Been Found In A Melb Park

Justin Males was last seen by a friend who dropped him home after a date.

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Victim blaming has made cars the biggest killer of children in Australia

Instead of ensuring Australia’s roads are safe, we’re taught the onus is on cyclists and pedestrians — even children — to avoid a deadly accident.

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AFP under investigation over its use of Auror surveillance technology

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is making ‘preliminary inquiries’ after police admitted they hadn’t considered the technology’s privacy impact.

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MP says byelections ‘very unpredictable’ – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Hachette has withdrawn a policeman’s memoir due to accuracy concerns. Should publishers do more fact-checking?

From Belle Gibson to Norma Khouri, the publishing industry has a rich tradition of wishing it applied a little more scrutiny…

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Hachette has withdrawn a policeman's memoir due to accuracy concerns. Should publishers do more fact checking?

Australian publisher Hachette has withdrawn from publication the memoir of a retired police officer, after concerns were raised about its accuracy. Christophe Glasl spent 16 years in Victoria Police before writing his tell-all memoir, Special Operations Group, named after the elite force he was a member of for four years.

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Publisher withdraws former police officer’s memoir after force questions Port Arthur massacre claim

Victoria Police says Christophe Glasl was not in Tasmania at the time of Port Arthur massacre, despite his claim to have been involved in its resolution

The Guardian - AU

Calls for special investigator as Lawyer X sues cops

Barrister Nicola Gobbo is suing Victoria Police, claiming officers were negligent and put her safety at risk.

AAP

Investigation into 'reprehensible' failure of police ends quietly with no charges – why we must learn from the Lawyer X scandal

For over 15 years, the Victoria police used criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo as an informant against her own clients in what has become known as the Lawyer X scandal.

The Conversation

Senior Rebels bikies arrested for allegedly bashing man who waved at motorbike to slow down

Victoria police allege club chapter president, serjeant at arms and patched member attacked the victim outside his North Bendigo home

The Guardian - AU

Police shouldn't be able to investigate themselves. Victoria needs an independent police accountability body

This week, a new report revealed First Nations people, as well as people of African or Middle Eastern appearance, were disproportionately targeted by police in issuing COVID-19 fines.

The Conversation

'Worst nightmare': Car was erratic before teen killed

Police say a stolen car was seen driving erratically before it collided with a truck in northern Victoria, killing a 15-year-old girl on impact.

AAP

No charges over Lawyer X as investigator's office shut

Disgraced barrister Nicola Gobbo and the police who used her as an informant will not face criminal charges as a special investigator's office is scrapped.

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Vic Police accused of racism in handing out COVID fines

Victoria Police officers disproportionately targeted people of African, Middle Eastern and First Nations backgrounds when issuing COVID fines, a report shows.

AAP

Teenage boy dies after targeted attack on suburban road

The hunt is on for two attackers armed with knives wanted over the death of a 14-year-old boy in Melbourne's northwest.

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A Body Has Been Found Floating In Melbourne’s Yarra River At Southbank

“Police will prepare a report for the coroner,” a spokesperson for Victoria Police said.

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Resignation threat as charges unlikely over Lawyer X

An investigator threatened to quit over a "waste of time" probe with charges unlikely over use of barrister Nicola Gobbo as a police source.

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'Waste of time': Lawyer X investigator's threat to quit

A special investigator says Victorian prosecutors have repeatedly shut down suggestions that criminal charges should be laid over the Nicola Gobbo affair.

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Former cop jailed years after sexually abusing teen

A former Victorian police officer who sexually abused a teenager and tried to get her to move to France with him has been jailed for up to three years.

AAP

Victoria crime surge as offences by youths spike

Youth crime continues to rise across Victoria, with burglaries committed by children aged 10 to 14 almost doubling in the past year.

ABC News

Police launch appeal after vulnerable man conned out of $1,700 in fortune-telling scam

Police say they are looking for two men who allegedly tricked a vulnerable passer-by into giving them his rent and pension money by pretending to tell his fortune.

The New Daily

Woman with stolen identity fleeces car dealership

Police are searching for a woman who used a fake identity and stolen information to secure a car loan in Melbourne.

ABC News

Police release CCTV footage of dramatic ram raid at Ballarat business

The footage shows the roof of the Ballarat venue partially collapse before the two men try in vain to make off with a cash machine.

AAP

Coroner investigating deadly regional intersection

A coroner is investigating a deadly Victorian intersection where two crashes occurred more than a year apart, including one that killed five people and a dog.

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