Flawed Aguer Akech investigation shows why Victoria’s blanket suppression law is not fit for purpose
Well-meaning law designed to protect children prevents a basic function of investigative journalism – holding people to account
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It’s a law that was designed to protect children.
But in one recent case, it also prevents the naming of police officers involved in a botched murder investigation – a prosecution case described by one of Victoria’s most experienced judges as so “extraordinary” she had never seen anything like it.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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