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This week Schoolies from across Australia are enjoying with friends their final year of school, with organisations and police present to avoid fatalities. Up to 8,000 ‘Schoolies’, several police units including dogs and two horses are to converge in Byron Bay for the cohort’s end of year celebrations. Image: Image Credit: Belle Co / Pexels …
Justice advocates have condemned figures showing Indigenous incarceration rates soaring above non-Indigenous people, despite a pledge by police to improve relations with Aboriginal communities. Figures from the Bureau of Crime Statistics show the number of Indigenous people on remand in jails across New South Wales is up by 47 per cent over five years while …
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Residents of Alice Springs, at the heart of Australia, will soon be preparing for a second night of 10pm to 6am curfew. A 72 hour after-dark shut down of the town centre began on Monday, after disturbances over the weekend, that included four off duty police officers, allegedly being attacked while walking home in the …
Unrest and division penetrates the South Pacific Island of New Caledonia. Violence erupted after Paris announced potential voting reforms that would expand the electorate body. Many Kanaks, the indigenous of the island, say that these changes threaten their presence and cultural identity on the island. However, others say that it is only fair that French …
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Last Sunday, pro-Palestinian protestors were arrested by Police at Port Botany in Sydney, impacting the demonstration. The policing of the protests included some police officers who were reported to have been wearing an Australian flag patch with a thin blue line through it, a symbol associated with right wing extremism. The Wire’s Zachary Probert spoke …
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Last weekend the NSW State Emergency Service undertook their annual “Who Let The Boats Out” operation, consisting of SES units from across the state launching their flood boats into their local waterways in the name of professional development. The operation which makes headlines each year consists of the SES teaming up with other emergency services …
The Police Association is taking aim at a broad spectrum of politicians prior to the NSW election. They say that the police to population ratio in Western Sydney is way down, and there needs to be 250 added to effectively police a huge area. With highly publicised gangland shootouts in the area in recent years …
The Commission of inquiry on the attitudes of Queensland Police Services towards domestic violence and family violence was released on Monday, following complaints of a lack of responses and support for these victims. It was found that there are multiple structural issues within the Queensland Police, and the attitudes of senior officials facilitate this dismissal …
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