The team, dubbed the “untouchables” by one former detective, will work under the auspices of the Australian Federal Police and the Office of the Special Investigator, where Mr Stock was recently in a senior role.
The Office of the Special Investigator is expected to face intense legal, political and media scrutiny as its teams work with the AFP to bring accused former SAS and Commandos operatives to trial. The AFP has never conducted a successful war crimes investigation and its ability to investigate the Brereton inquiry allegations looms as a test for AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw.
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Mr Stock is one of two senior managers at the Office of the Special Investigator who will report to the investigatory body’s chiefs, former Queensland Police deputy commissioner Ross Barnett and senior Victorian Court of Appeal judge Mark Weinberg, QC.
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