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PAP has recently released two important reports around policing in the past months. PAP is proud to release these...

Government review Two recent inquiries have recommended changes to Victoria’s police complaints system. The Department of Justice is now...

IBAC has recently handed down its report into racist, sexist and homophobic comments by the former head of Victoria...

As human rights-based organisations, we are calling out the COVID “anti-lock down movement” for its dangerous co-opting of human rights frameworks and language.    The “anti-lockdown movement” uses words...

The Police Accountability Project (PAP) condemns the use of new weaponry and the rising militarisation of Victoria Police. We express concern about the oppressive policing of demonstrations generally.  On Saturday 21st...

Leanne Weber  Risk factors, risk assessment and risk-based predictions dominate public discussion these days across a range of policy areas from the economy to...

We finally have a formal government response to the joint parliamentary IBAC Committee’s Inquiry into the external oversight of…

Victoria Police are planning to bring back some sort of ‘Police in Schools’ program.  We don’t know the details…

The first research paper using data from the national COVIDPolicing.org.au monitoring project has now published.

The authors, Louise Boon-Kuo…

There have been a series of reviews and inquiries into Victoria Police over the past two decades. They have…

Phi Finney McDonald and Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre’s Police Accountability Project are investigating a potential class action against…

Human rights and legal organisations have condemned a police operation targeting Djab Wurrung protestors who are protecting sacred Djab…

IBAC Commissioner, The Honourable Robert Redlich AM, QC, has made the strongest calls yet for adequate government resourcing of…

So, where is the push to get independent investigations in Victoria up to at the moment?

For the…

Victoria requires a fully independent system to investigate serious incidents of alleged police misconduct, human rights abuses and complaints.

We…

These new Stage 4 restrictions in Victoria are important to slow the spread of COVID 19 and we recommend…

Legal and human rights groups condemn the heavy-handed, policing response to a public health emergency, rather than the much-needed…

The Police Accountability Project is calling for the immediate withdrawal of police from the public housing estates experiencing the…

Risk-based tactics like pre-emptive breaking up of groups, close monitoring of known offenders, and unjustified police stops all translated…