The escalation of organised crime violence could be due to a multitude of reasons – including illicit drug consumption.
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Sydney’s organised crime problem is real and serious. But Chris Minns’ new laws will not necessarily deliver results.
NSW police will make body-worn cameras mandatory after recent controversies. But it may not solve the issues they face.
The new police unit will attempt to prevent crime from happening before it starts. But research is mixed with this type of policing.
Police across the country have been put on notice after the lead plaintiff in a class action has been awarded $93,000, with thousands more pay outs likely.
A class action lawsuit has detailed the ‘degrading’ experiences women can experience at the hands of police. It’s just the tip of the iceberg.
It’s easy to assume the latest opposition to NSW police taking part in the annual festival is a response to recent events. Really, it’s the result of a long, painful history.
The alleged murders of Luke Davies and Jesse Baird have shone a spotlight on when, why are how police can access their firearms.
Requiring adult supervision for 16 and 17 year olds is undermining health and community, and a huge overreach from police.
Police forces around the world, including in Australia, are using facial recognition apps to identify persons of interest on the spot. The public, while wary, are generally supportive.
There are signs Australian police have moved away from community service towards more enforcement – this is a troubling development.
Policing during the pandemic has tended to focus on punitive measures against individuals. A community-focused, public health approach would move away from coercive policing.
Along with firearms and disease, the horse was a key element in occupying Aboriginal land during the colonial period and controlling the largely convict workforce on the frontier.
The case may set a precedent about what is fixated behaviour and an appropriate use of the FPIU.
The early Australian colony of thieves was all about crime and crime control; the details, from the mid-1800s, were published in what came to be known as the Police Gazette. Now it’s been visualised.
Proposals in NSW to force someone who spits at or bites a frontline worker to be tested for HIV and other blood-borne viruses are a real problem - for workers and the public.
University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Leigh Sullivan and Michelle Grattan discuss this week in politics, and talk about what to expect in the year’s final parliamentary sitting week.
With one parliamentary week remaining, Angus Taylor has been discredited, and Scott Morrison has been embroiled and embarrassed – or embarrassed himself. And the whole thing was avoidable.
NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller, who knows Morrison personally, defended the PM, saying he ‘didn’t ask for anything that was inappropriate and I’m comfortable with the discussion that we had’.
In a statement to the house, Morrison said he had spoken to the NSW police commissioner about “the nature and substance” of the police inquiries.
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