“This Is Institutional Child Abuse”: Mistreatment of Child Detainees in NSW
A leaked document has revealed that senior members of Juvenile Justice approved young male detainees being locked up for 23 hours a day, handcuffed during their only hour of “recreation”, denied schooling and prohibited from mixing with other children. “This...
Once Again, Police Are Investigating Allegations of Police Brutality
Officers from the NSW Police Standards Command (PSC) are currently investigating two incidents, where NSW police officers allegedly used excessive force in the south-eastern NSW region of Queanbeyan. A call came through to Monaro police station on the evening of...
Inmate Sentenced Over Victorian Prison Riot
Johnathan Luca is the first inmate to be sentenced over the Ravenhall prison riot, which broke out at Melbourne’s Metropolitan Remand Centre on June 30 last year. On Monday, Luca had another 12 months added to his minimum sentence, after...
Good Cop Pressured Into Covering Up
Over the past few months, we’ve reported several cases of brutality, intimidation and cover-ups by police officers across the country, including Ballarat in Victoria, several cases in the Gold Coast, Queensland, by the NSW Police Force and the Australian Federal...
To Adler or Not to Adler: the Rapid-Fire Shotgun Debate
A controversial ban on the eight-shot Adler A110 lever-action shotgun will remain in place, after state police ministers failed to reach a consensus on its reclassification last Friday. NSW police minister Troy Grant told the meeting that his state would...
Ombudsman to Recommend Charges Against Police Over Illegal Bugging
The NSW Ombudsman, Professor John McMillan, is set to recommend criminal charges against current and former NSW police officers for illegally bugging several journalists and over 100 other officers, including former deputy police commissioner Nick Kaldas. Public Inquiry Process Professor...
Harm Minimisation and Beyond: An Interview with Unharm’s Will Tregoning
Australia has a long history of harm minimisation. Since 1985, reducing the risks associated with drug use has formed the basis of the nation’s National Drug Strategy. Indeed, Australia has been a world leader in a field that acknowledges some...
Tinder Murder Trial: What the Jury Wasn’t Told
Mr Gable Tostee was acquitted yesterday of both murder and manslaughter over the death of his Tinder date Warriena Wright, who fell from his 14th floor apartment after the pair got into an argument. As reported in an earlier blog,...
Daughter Sues Parents for Posting Baby Photos on Facebook
A young woman in Austria has taken the unprecedented step of suing her parents over childhood pictures they posted of her on Facebook. The 18-year-old woman, who cannot be named under Austrian laws, claims the photos caused her significant embarrassment,...
Victim of Police Brutality Breaks Her Silence
Until now, Yvonne Berry has been a faceless victim of shocking police brutality, whose body we’ve seen pushed to the ground, dragged, pepper sprayed, kicked, stomped on and stripped naked in a series of degrading acts at Ballarat Police Station....
