Probe into 'nefarious' local election vote tampering Vote tampering appears to have occurred in two local council elections with police to investigate suspicious ballots that authorities describe as "nefarious". AAP · Nov 13, 2024
Suspected postal vote tampering in two Melbourne council elections referred to police Victorian Electoral Commission says high number of multiple returned votes detected in Knox and Whittlesea city councils The Guardian - AU · Nov 13, 2024
Risk of election failure now real, commission warns State elections are at risk of failure over concerns about timelines and the growing number of voters, the Victorian Electoral Commission has warned. AAP · Oct 31, 2024
Race begins to take over former premier's seat The Victorian Electoral Commission is urging political hopefuls to act quickly to be in the race for former premier Daniel Andrews' seat of Mulgrave. AAP · Oct 23, 2023
VicForests slammed for its handling of FOI request following 'spying' allegations A government agency that allegedly spied on a woman to "dig up dirt" is slammed by Victoria's Information Commissioner, who says the agency should apologise for its response to her request for information about the alleged spying. ABC News · Mar 8, 2023
Victoria Police not doing enough to prevent database misuse, privacy experts say Privacy specialists say Victoria Police needs to improve its systems to prevent sensitive information being wrongly accessed by employees, after the ABC revealed 178 officers have faced complaints about the misuse of a key database. ABC News · Dec 15, 2022
Victorians’ Covid contact tracing data sent for potential use by data mining platform Exclusive: Australian data security experts described the July 2020 move involving controversial Palantir platform as ‘dubious’ and ‘outrageous’ The Guardian - AU · Nov 8, 2022
VicForests under investigation for potential Privacy Act breach over spying allegations Victoria's Information Commissioner is investigating whether VicForests breached the state's Privacy and Data Protection Act when it allegedly hired a private investigator to spy on activist Sarah Rees about 10 years ago. ABC News · May 12, 2022