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Victorian Government must respond to IBAC’s calls for critical resourcing.
Read moreIBAC Commissioner, The Honourable Robert Redlich AM, QC, has made the strongest calls yet for adequate government resourcing of…
October 15, 202000 -
How close is Victoria to having independent investigations of police misconduct?
Read moreSo, where is the push to get independent investigations in Victoria up to at the moment?
For the…
October 9, 2020 -
Our ten key concerns with policing under Stage 4 restrictions
Read moreThese new Stage 4 restrictions in Victoria are important to slow the spread of COVID 19 and we recommend…
August 7, 2020 -
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, 2020 -
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 -
Systemic racism, violence, and the over-policing of minority groups in Victoria
Read moreRisk-based tactics like pre-emptive breaking up of groups, close monitoring of known offenders, and unjustified police stops all translated…
June 25, 2020 -
In support of #BLACKLIVESMATTERAUSTRALIA
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project, run by the Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre is united in its support for Aboriginal…
June 12, 2020 -
About the call for COVID-19 Stop data monitoring scheme
Read moreThe stories coming through the covidpolicing website only give us snapshots of what is going on, but these sometimes…
May 11, 2020 -
‘Data-driven policing: The hardwiring of discriminatory policing practices across Europe’
Read moreNew technologies such as facial recognition, video surveillance systems, body worn cameras, automatic number plate recognition and social media…
May 6, 2020 -
IBAC findings fail to build trust and leave many questions unanswered
Read moreThe IBAC have released a summary of findings into its inquiry about serious injuries caused by police in a…
April 20, 2020 -
Policing the Pandemic
Read moreAs Victoria escalates its crisis response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Victoria Police must ensure its police responses are aligned…
March 29, 2020 -
Australia’s first police complaints chatbot
Read moreAustralia’s first police complaints chatbot has been launched by Josef Legal, Robinson Gill and ourselves to help people…
March 11, 2020 -
Peer Advocacy Team finalists in national anti-racism award
Read moreA team of young advocates against racial profiling by Victoria Police is a finalist in the 2019 Racism: It…
December 12, 2019 -
An Open Letter to the Premier of Victoria: Investigation of police misconduct
Read moreDear Premier,
In light of yet more shocking revelations in the national media about the abject failure of the…
November 14, 2019 -
Release the findings of Brett Guerin investigation: Our statement IBAC’s Operation Turon
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project calls for the release of Operation Turon findings that expose potential leadership failures within Victoria…
September 1, 2019 -
Independence critical in death-in-custody investigations
Read moreRevelations in Victoria’s Coronial Court today have highlighted systemic problems with police-contact death investigations in Victoria.
The Coronial Inquest…
August 11, 2019 -
Calls for real change in policing of people with mental illness
Read moreThe Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System has been urged to avoid “piecemeal reviews and more training updates”…
July 5, 2019 -
Renewed calls for Independent police complaints system
Read moreIn April 2016 Tommy Lovett was set upon by plainclothes detectives from Darebin Police. He was seriously assaulted, capsicum…
January 20, 2019 -
Victorian Government must ensure that the Horvath case is not repeated.
Read moreThe onus now is on the current Victorian Government to ensure that Victoria has an independent body that can…
December 9, 2018 -
Royal Commission into Victoria Police scandal welcome, but lawyers and experts call for immediate police accountability reforms
Read moreLawyers and advocates from across Victoria have welcomed the Andrews Government announcement of a Royal Commission into police misconduct,…
December 6, 2018
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