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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National

VicForests illegally spied on anti-logging campaigners

The Information Commissioner says VicForests unlawfully spied on several anti-logging campaigners. (Adrian Black/AAP PHOTOS)

Victoria's state-owned logging business used taxpayer money to illegally spy on environmentalists using a private investigator in an effort to discredit them.

The Victorian Information Commissioner on Thursday released its investigation into historical allegations that VicForests spied on two environmental campaigners and a university ecology professor in 2010 or 2011.

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