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Sister seeks re-opening of Graeme Jensen Inquest
Read moreGraeme Jensen’s sister Fay Spear has filed an application with the Coroner’s Court to re-open the Inquest into the…
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24 September 2015 -
Craig Love finally compensated for violent acts of police officers
Read moreVictorian man Craig Love has today been told that the Victorian Government will compensate him for being assaulted, wrongfully…
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Operation Fortitude: it’s not just clumsy wording that should worry us
Read moreCoupled with the sweeping legal powers described above, when a government deliberately creates a uniformed branch from what was…
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It’s time for Independent Investigations of Police Misconduct
Read moreThe Court of Appeal has handed down its appeal decision in the matter of Bare v IBAC which…
29 July 2015 -
New Report: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
Read moreA new report, released by the Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre today, calls for an independent body to…
1 July 2015 -
Victorian Government moves to restrict compensation claims brought against state and private prison operators
Read moreThe Victorian Ombudsman has observed that people detained in custody in Victoria face a greater risk of harm than...
11 June 2015 -
Police Accountability submission into Family Violence Royal Commission
Read moreOur contribution to the Royal Commission comes from the perspective of our Police Accountability Project clients, some of whom…
10 June 2015 -
Lessons-not-yet-learnt: The magnitude of deaths in custody
Read moreThe family and community trauma caused by a death in custody cannot be over-stated.
A respected Aboriginal man from central…
3 June 2015 -
The Case for (and against) Police Body-Worn Cameras
Read moreBefore these cameras are rolled out across the state, Victorians should consider whether police body cameras are a desirable…
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Five things you should know about Victoria Police Receipting pilots
Read moreVictoria Police are currently piloting ‘stop & search’ receipting in Dandenong and Moonee Valley. Here are five things you…
6 May 2015 -
Supreme Court Hears Application to Close IBAC Hearing to Public
Read moreOn 15th April 2015 an IBAC hearing into a potential culture of violence within the Victoria Police Service at…
21 April 2015 -
Police use of force during raids undermines Safety First principles
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project is deeply concerned by accounts given by people experienced the police raids in Melbourne this…
21 April 2015 -
Receipting Pilots underway in Victoria
Read morePolice and Protective Services Officers (PSOs) will issue receipts to members of the community initially in the Moonee Valley…
27 March 2015 -
Story of a ‘pepper spray party’
Read moreWe are calling for a wider review of powers, weapons and training associated with the PSO program currently in…
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The Pointy End Of Police Racism: A Ken Lay Retrospective
Read moreThe Victorian Police Commissioner Ken Lay announced his resignation in early January 2015, to near universal acclaim. Anthony…
13 January 2015
