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Brett Guerin and institutional racism in Victoria Police
Read moreIBAC has recently handed down its report into racist, sexist and homophobic comments by the former head of Victoria...
25 November 202102 -
The Co-opting of Human Rights Language
Read moreAs human rights-based organisations, we are calling out the COVID “anti-lock down movement” for its dangerous co-opting of human rights frameworks and language. The “anti-lockdown movement” uses words...
30 September 2021 -
Impacts on Weapons Use by Victoria Police
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project (PAP) condemns the use of new weaponry and the rising militarisation of Victoria Police. We express concern about the oppressive policing of demonstrations generally. On Saturday 21st...
26 August 2021 -
What’s wrong with risk?
Read moreLeanne Weber Risk factors, risk assessment and risk-based predictions dominate public discussion these days across a range of policy areas from the economy to...
12 August 2021 -
Victoria takes another cautious step toward independent investigations
Read moreWe finally have a formal government response to the joint parliamentary IBAC Committee’s Inquiry into the external oversight of…
21 May 2021 -
Why police should not be in our schools
Read moreVictoria Police are planning to bring back some sort of ‘Police in Schools’ program. We don’t know the details…
11 May 2021