A new task force has been assembled to lead the search for fugitive accused police killer Dezi Freeman, as authorities consolidate resources.

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Freeman, who also goes by Desmond Filby, has been on the run after allegedly shooting dead police officers Neal Thompson and Vadim de Waart-Hottart while they served a warrant at his home in Porepunkah, about 300km northeast of Melbourne.

For more than two months, hundreds of police have been involved in the manhunt, with over 400 officers deployed in the hours and days after the killings in August.

The search was scaled back to more than 200 police in September.

Detectives from the Crime Command, F

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