http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8835
"A decision on phone-tapping powers to allow Victoria's Ombudsman to snoop on corrupt police and organised crime will have to wait until after the federal election. Premier Steve Bracks admitted the issue would not be resolved before the upcoming poll and accused the federal government of playing politics on the matter. "They're intransigent on this matter" Mr Bracks said. "They're playing politics with it frankly. They've got a federal election coming up and this minister Philip Ruddock is doing what he does before the federal election. The state government wants to give the Ombudsman the interception authority as part of its bid to combat organised crime and corrupt police. But the federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock has refused to grant the phone-tap powers and wants Victoria to instead set up an independent anti-corruption commission similar to those in other states."
