Declaring an amnesty for Victorians fined or arrested for peacefully exercising their rights during lockdowns is the only consistent way to end the confusion surrounding Victoria Police’s pursuit of charges against Black […]
Exclusive: government rejected call by legal groups to replace Covid fines, issued to about 3,000 children, with cautions
The New South Wales government privately suggested children as young as 10 could be placed in an unpaid work program or on “extended payment plans” to help them pay off hefty fines for […]
The validity of COVID-19 fines issued across NSW will be called into question in a court case that has the potential to invalidate millions of dollars worth of penalty notices issued during the state’s lockdowns.
In a case filed in the NSW Supreme Court this week, three people who received […]
From calling rape “surprise sex” to referring to victims as “f***wits”, bombshell claims have been made on how some Queensland cops respond to DV cases.
Victims of domestic violence have been referred to as “f***wits” by Queensland police in call centres, with officers actively not responding to domestic violence […]
We may assume that the worse of all those COVID-19 restrictions and emergency powers have finally gone in Australia. However, this is not entirely so, particularly in Western Australia (WA), where vaccine mandates remain in place and thousands of local workers across numerous industries have either stood down or are being stood down.
Acting NSW police commissioner David Hudson flagged the scenario of his officers pulling up a young person driving a luxury sports car and questioning them as to how they came to be behind the wheel of such an expensive vehicle, as harsher NSW […]
A state government minister has been accused of preferencing political donors for border entry during the Covid pandemic.
WA’s leading corruption body has received allegations the state government gave preferential treatment to political donors during the Covid pandemic.
The claims emerged this week during an unfair […]
WA Police are desperately trying to bolster recruitment efforts after more than 60 officers quit in June — almost twice the normal monthly rate.
The departures continue at an alarming pace with more resignations in the first five months of this year, as in the entirety of 2021.
Victorian police officers are not always activating body-worn video cameras (BWCs) where they are required to, with no footage captured for one in ten incidents, the state’s auditor-general has revealed.
