In a just-filed submission to the Lawyer X Royal Commission, retired Federal Court judge and former Queensland Special Prosecutor Douglas Drummond argues that Victoria Police cannot be trusted to investigate current and former brass should the commission recommend that criminal charges be pursued

Victoria Police, the Catholic Diocese of Ballarat and the Royal […]

While the Child Abuse Royal Commission spared no scorn for the Catholic Church, it pointedly neglected to investigate Victoria Police's well documented history of scuttling investigations, even to ending the career of a detective who was determined to see justice done. Will there be a reckoning or yet more dirt swept under the rug?