State-owned VicForests unlawfully spied on anti-logging campaigners, report finds
by Australian Associated Press from on (#6DQ44)
Victorian Information Commissioner says use of private investigator in 2010 or 2011 seriously and flagrantly breached information privacy principles
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Victoria's state-owned logging business unlawfully spied on environmentalists using a private investigator in an effort to discredit them, a watchdog has found.
The Victorian information commissioner on Thursday released its investigation into historical allegations that VicForests spied on the two environmentalists and a university professor in 2010 or 2011.
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