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Over-policing of young people: Making youth programs safer
Read moreUltimately, building closer relationships between young people and police often results in the intensification of policing of those young…
16 May 2018010 -
Culture, Complaints and Systemic Change: Victoria Police in the Spotlight
Read moreThe current Inquiry into External Oversight of Police Corruption and Misconduct in Victoria has established beyond doubt the urgent…
14 March 2018 -
Victoria Police ‘ownership’ of professional standards and integrity
Read moreWould the independent investigation of police complaints remove responsibility for ethical standards from police? No, not at all…
2 March 2018 -
First public hearings on police complaints in decades now underway.
Read moreThe Victorian Parliament’s IBAC Committee will commence Public Hearings this week as part of it’s historic Inquiry into the…
22 February 2018 -
10 things you need to understand about crime reporting in 2018
Read moreMedia coverage of crime involving African young people is in hyper-drive in Victoria at the moment. If you…
30 December 2017 -
Reporting crime and race: A short guide for journalists
Read moreMore reflective, better researched and ethical public commentary around these issues will go some way towards reducing the racial…
3 December 2017 -
An Australian community vilified as it tries to celebrate
Read moreLiberal MP Jason Wood, the Federal member for Latrobe, is trying to trick us. His release of certain statistics…
22 November 2017 -
Youth Workers & Racialised Policing
Read moreIn the lead up to our Police Accountability Practice Forum we thought it would be useful to public extracts…
26 October 2017 -
Police Accountability Practice Forum
Read moreNEW DATE! The Police Accountability Project is presenting a unique full day professional development training for law practitioners,…
9 October 2017 -
UPDATE: Overhaul of police complaints system overdue
Read moreA Parliamentary Inquiry examining how police complaints about misconduct and corruption are handled in Victoria has received over 40…
3 October 2017 -
MEDIA BACKGROUNDER: Much more than an ‘anti-crime’ protest
Read moreThe ‘Make Victoria Safe Again’ protest event on Sunday 17th September 2017 provides the latest example of how law…
16 September 2017 -
Introducing Achol – Peer Advocacy Team Member
Read moreI became involved in the Peer Advocacy team because I wanted to end racial profiling and be the voice…
12 September 2017 -
Shrouded in secrecy: Racial profiling by Victoria Police
Read moreVictoria Police must take urgent steps to monitor racial profiling by members in police stops, say experts in a…
5 September 2017 -
Submissions to the IBAC Committee Inquiry
Read moreThis is your chance to let Parliament know what you think is needed for a fair, impartial and human…
26 July 2017 -
Nightclub police shooting highlights need for independent investigations
Read moreThe recent Melbourne nightclub shooting shows exactly why we need independent investigations of critical incidents involving police.
Yesterday’s tragic police…8 July 2017 -
I Am Not My Skin: Pasifika youth & racial profiling
Read moreA number of Pasifika youth around Melbourne have shared their experiences, their thoughts and opinions of racial profiling and…
1 June 2017 -
A six year battle against discrimination
Read moreA Victorian Supreme Court judgement has found that Kwenda Obudho was the victim of racial discrimination by a popular…
10 February 2017 -
Public forum: Calls for Victoria Police to track and prevent racial profiling
Read moreMore than 100 people attended ‘Without Suspicion – Measuring racial profiling in Victoria’ – a November public forum at…
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6 October 2016 -
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
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