Independent Investigations

The increased use of tasers in police operations in Victoria requires a greater level of police oversight and accountability.

        The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS), the Police Accountability Project and other community legal centres...

Government review Two recent inquiries have recommended changes to Victoria’s police complaints system. The Department of Justice is now...

IBAC has recently handed down its report into racist, sexist and homophobic comments by the former head of Victoria...

The 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...

We finally have a formal government response to the joint parliamentary IBAC Committee’s Inquiry into the external oversight of…

There have been a series of reviews and inquiries into Victoria Police over the past two decades. They have…

IBAC Commissioner, The Honourable Robert Redlich AM, QC, has made the strongest calls yet for adequate government resourcing of…

So, where is the push to get independent investigations in Victoria up to at the moment?

For the…

Victoria requires a fully independent system to investigate serious incidents of alleged police misconduct, human rights abuses and complaints.

We…

The IBAC have released a summary of findings into its inquiry about serious injuries caused by police in a…