Independent Investigations

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

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

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…

The IBAC have released a summary of findings into its inquiry about serious injuries caused by police in a…

Dear Premier,

In light of yet more shocking revelations in the national media about the abject failure of the…

The Police Accountability Project calls for the release of Operation Turon findings that expose potential leadership failures within Victoria…

Revelations in Victoria’s Coronial Court today have highlighted systemic problems with police-contact death investigations in Victoria.

The Coronial Inquest…

The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System has been urged to avoid “piecemeal reviews and more training updates”…

In April 2016 Tommy Lovett was set upon by plainclothes detectives from Darebin Police. He was seriously assaulted, capsicum…

The onus now is on the current Victorian Government to ensure that Victoria has an independent body that can…

Lawyers and advocates from across Victoria have welcomed the Andrews Government announcement of a Royal Commission into police misconduct,…

A parliamentary committee has recommended that all serious police misconduct be investigated by a new independent Police Misconduct and…

The Victorian Government must, as a matter of urgency, resource a body separate from police to independently investigate all…

Four years ago, human rights, legal and social justice organisations called upon the Victorian Government to respond decisively…

The Parliamentary Inquiry examining how police complaints about misconduct and corruption are handled in Victoria was due to report…

Evidence from the behaviour of ‘High Reliability Organisations’ shows a clear path forward to improve, not just the perception…

Commentators such as Jon Faine on ABC Melbourne have pointed out that previous attempts taken in Victoria to independently…