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Concerns on suspect's alibi no
THE police officer in charge of the investigation into the suspected murder of Janine Vaughan failed to tell a NSW coroner that he had concerns about the alibi of a suspect and fellow officer.
The Police Integrity Commission (PIC) is examining the way officers handled the investigation when former Bathurst detective Brad Hosemans was a person of interest in Ms Vaughan's disappearance.
Ms Vaughan, a store manager, has not been seen since accepting a lift outside a Bathurst nightclub early on December 7, 2001.
The commission was told today that Detective Senior C... Read more
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OPI called in as police files
THE Office of Police Integrity has joined an investigation into the State Government's decision to provide police files on protesters to the private consortium building Victoria's $3.5 billion desalination plant.
The broadening of the investigation comes as the Government and Victoria Police send conflicting signals about how often police data about protesters is passed on to the managers of major public projects.
Privacy Commissioner Helen Versey, who has requested an urgent briefing from police on the matter, yesterday called in the OPI and the Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security.
She will also invite the Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission to join her when she is briefed by police, probably before the end of the week.
Ms Versey's office issued a statement last night saying: ''All four regulators have a role in addressing this matter.''
The Opposition yesterday rounded on Police Minister Bob Cameron in Parliament after The Age revealed on Saturday that the Government had struck a deal on security at the desalination plant, under which Victoria Police agreed to pass on photos, videos and other data to the multinational consortium, AquaSure.
Mr Cameron refused to say whether he had approved the desalination deal or how many similar deals had been struck with private companies.
He also declined to confirm whether a similar agreement covered construction of the north-south pipeline that will bring water from the Goulburn Valley to Melbourne.
Water Minister Tim Holding on Monday said there was such a deal on the north-south pipeline and that it was ''already a Government policy'' to ensure public safety was protected by police sharing law enforcement intelligence with the builders of major public projects.
Police Deputy Commissioner Kieran Walshe said on Monday he had not known of the desalination deal before it was reported in The Age, and was not aware of any other such agreements.
Premier John Brumby yesterday said a similar arrangement had covered anti-logging protests in Victorian forests, but agreed with Mr Walshe that the wording of the desalination deal could be improved.
That deal, signed by Victoria Police, AquaSure and the Department of Sustainability and Environment on August 28, says police ''will release law enforcement data'' to the consortium to help it ''manage'' protests and potential security threats.
It says law enforcement material includes images, audio and video recordings and ''data related to individuals''.
Mr Brumby and Mr Walshe have said any release of police data must meet Victoria's privacy laws.
Mr Brumby said such arrangements were ''all about protecting public safety'' and did not impinge on people's right to protest.
The Opposition will today seek the support of the Greens and DLP to have the upper house pass a motion expressing ''outrage with the Brumby Government's decision to hand personal police files to privately owned companies''.
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