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The Victorian Government must end discriminatory measures and withdraw hundreds of police from public housing
Read moreLegal and human rights groups condemn the heavy-handed, policing response to a public health emergency, rather than the much-needed…
July 7, 202001 -
Remove police from public health responses
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project is calling for the immediate withdrawal of police from the public housing estates experiencing the…
July 5, 2020 -
Body-worn cameras will help reduce police use of force, but the problem runs much deeper
Read moreAnd it should not be forgotten that true police accountability is located in the way operational codes are observed,…
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Body Worn Cameras: A call for regulation, safeguards and accountability
Read moreDear Commissioner Ashton,
We urge you to ensure that the proposed trial and roll-out of BWCs is accompanied by…March 12, 2018 -
10 things you need to understand about crime reporting in 2018
Read moreMedia coverage of crime involving African young people is in hyper-drive in Victoria at the moment. If you…
December 30, 2017 -
Reporting crime and race: A short guide for journalists
Read moreMore reflective, better researched and ethical public commentary around these issues will go some way towards reducing the racial…
December 3, 2017 -
An Australian community vilified as it tries to celebrate
Read moreLiberal MP Jason Wood, the Federal member for Latrobe, is trying to trick us. His release of certain statistics…
November 22, 2017 -
The minimisation of police assault
Read moreAssistant Commissioner Brett Guerin, head of Victoria Police’s internal investigations unit is quoted in the recent Fairfax article (Police…
September 22, 2017 -
MEDIA BACKGROUNDER: Much more than an ‘anti-crime’ protest
Read moreThe ‘Make Victoria Safe Again’ protest event on Sunday 17th September 2017 provides the latest example of how law…
September 16, 2017 -
Discrimination, double punishment & death: the case against deportations
Read more“We are talking about people who have already served time in custody for a crime they have committed. Subjecting…
May 8, 2017 -
Palm Island Racial Discrimination Case – Implications for Prospective Litigants
Read moreWotton is a landmark case in Australian public interest law. Communities and individuals who believe they have been affected…
March 14, 2017 -
A six year battle against discrimination
Read moreA Victorian Supreme Court judgement has found that Kwenda Obudho was the victim of racial discrimination by a popular…
February 10, 2017 -
‘Justice, Social Action and Structural Change’
Read moreWe have got to realise that this kind of policing has no boundaries. There are no limitations…Individuals are meant…
February 2, 2017 -
‘Apex Gang’ and the racial perception of crime
Read moreIn this way ‘Apex Gang’ has been made into a substitute word. ‘Apex Gang’ now allows journalists, commentators, and…
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Victorian police complaints investigations in the spotlight: IBAC recommendations fail the “Horvath test”
Read moreThe Victorian Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) recently released its review of Victorian police complaints investigation, the Audit of...
November 6, 2016 -
Operation Ross: Ballarat public hearings into police misconduct
Read moreIndependent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) will begin its controversial public examinations into a long legacy of allegations of…
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Victorian Government moves to restrict compensation claims brought against state and private prison operators
Read moreThe Victorian Ombudsman has observed that people detained in custody in Victoria face a greater risk of harm than...
June 11, 2015
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