CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION – VICTORIA

Police, ASIO taskforce to protect Jews

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Original article by Andrew Tillett, Gus McCubbing
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 10-Dec-24

The federal government has announced that the Australian Federal Police and ASIO will establish a special taskforce to investigate anti-Semitism in Australia. The decision to set up ‘Operation Avalite’ follows official confirmation that the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne has been designated a terrorist attack. Victoria Police’s Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has defended the decision to belatedly make this declaration, but federal Opposition leader Peter Dutton says it was "obvious from the start" that it was a terrorist attack. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been criticised for playing tennis at an exclusive Perth tennis club on Saturday rather than cut short his visit to Western Australia in response to the synagogue attack.

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AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE, AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION, VICTORIA POLICE

More come forward over actor

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Original article by Kate McClymont, Michael Lallo, Rob Moran
The Age – Page: 4 : 9-Jan-18

The Gordon Frost Organisation has advised that actor Craig McLachlan will withdraw from its current production of "The Rocky Horror Show" in the wake of sexual harassment and indecent assault allegations. Victorian police have launched an investigation into the allegations made by three female members of the 2014 production of the musical, while several other people are believed to have lodged complaints with police. Production of McLachlan’s popular TV series, "The Doctor Blake Mysteries", has also been put on hold pending the investigation into the allegations against him.

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GORDON FROST ORGANISATION, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, DECEMBER MEDIA, VICTORIA POLICE

Police destroyed cold case evidence

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Original article by Tammy Mills
The Age – Page: 2 : 21-Nov-14

Victoria Police Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles has told the Shepparton Magistrates Court that crucial forensic evidence had been destroyed. The court is hearing the "cold case" matter of local teenager Michelle Buckingham’s murder three decades ago. It has emerged that in 1994, a decision was made by police to transfer evidence to a new storage facility and to dispose of material relating to as many as 40 "cold case" investigations

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VICTORIA POLICE, SHEPPARTON MAGISTRATES’ COURT

Police probe nurse over claims of sex assaults

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Original article by Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie
The Age – Page: 2 : 26-Sep-14

Victorian police are investigating allegations that a male nurse sexually assaulted an intellectually disabled teenager in a Department of Human Services group home. It has also been revealed that the Ombudsman is investigating Bendigo Health after complaints of injuries to patients in its acute mental health unit. As well, a male nurse has been found guilty of professional misconduct for improper sexual contact with three female mental health patients at Eastern Health

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VICTORIA. DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES, VICTORIA. OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN, BENDIGO HEALTH, EASTERN HEALTH, VICTORIA. OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE, AUSTRALIAN HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION AGENCY, VICTORIA. CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL, ARNOLD THOMAS & BECKER PTY LTD