Challenges ahead for new NSW Police Commissioner
The Greens wish new Police Commissioner Mick Fuller well in his new role leading the NSW Police Force. The NSW Police Force is well overdue for fresh leadership, with poor succession planning by the...
View ArticlePolice Minister bluster does little for victims
The Minister for Police Troy Grant has today announced an aggressive, evidence-free package of reforms with the apparent dual purpose of seeing sex offenders face harsher penalties while also reducing...
View ArticleNew report from BOCSAR confirms why roadside drug testing is so flawed
Over the past year there has been a 320 percent increase the number of people charged with drug driving offences in NSW, with young people and residents of low-income areas making up the bulk of the...
View ArticleShoot to kill powers will not make us safer
Implementing The NSW Coroner’s recommendations in relation to the Lindt Café Siege is important and necessary step in moving forward but cannot come at the expense of our civil liberties. The...
View ArticleNSW Police must commence a fresh investigation into gay hate crime
The NSW Police must accept the findings of the Coroner and the demands of Scott Johnson’s family to commence a fresh investigation of his murder in 1988. The third inquest into Scott Johnson’s death...
View ArticleCocaine testing welcome but fundamental change needed in flawed RDT scheme
The Berejiklian government’s announcement that cocaine will be included in the roadside drug testing scheme is a welcome change to a deeply flawed scheme. It comes after years of campaigning for this...
View ArticleMedia Release: Cocaine Vs Ice
The NSW Police will send 100 officers into rural areas to fight the “ice epidemic”. This is despite the fact that cocaine use in NSW is at a 15 year high and between 2013 and 2016 use of...
View ArticleMedia Release: Urgent Rethink Needed in Policing Mental Health
A man, who had been held under the Mental Health Act, has died while being arrested by police. This tragic death focuses the urgent need for far greater mental health resources and a rethink of the...
View ArticleMedia Release: Police are undertrained and without support, people with...
The Greens have obtained exclusive NSW Police data that shows an undertrained and under-supported Police Force struggling to deal with people experiencing mental illness. Since the shooting death of...
View ArticleMedia Release: NSW Police secret blacklist is nothing more than racist policing
Aboriginal children are 18 times more likely to be targeted by the NSW Police’s “Suspect Target Management Program” according to new data obtained by Greens MP David Shoebridge. By actively targeting...
View ArticleMedia Release: Bail refusal continues to surge under Liberal National government
The Liberal National government’s broken bail reforms has created an 11% increase in bail refusals with vulnerable populations the most adversely affected, according to a new report released today....
View ArticleMedia Release: Aboriginal kids 56 times more likely to face the criminal...
A young Aboriginal child is up to 56 times more likely to come into contact with the criminal justice system, according to a new report from BOCSAR today evidencing what can only be called a...
View ArticleMedia release: Night-time police raids on the elderly not on
The organisation Exit International has raised concerns about police “night time raids” on elderly members, including in retirement villages in the Tweed region. Greens MP and Justice spokesperson...
View ArticleMedia release: New “semi-semi-automatic” firearms fresh risk to public safety
The Liberal National government must put community safety before the political demands of the gun lobby and ban two rapid-fire guns that have an “unequalled rate of fire.” The rapid-fire Verney Carron...
View ArticleLiberal National government shuts down debate on right to protest
The Liberal National government has today moved NSW closer to a police state, shutting down debate in Parliament on the right to protest. Greens MP David Shoebridge moved a motion this morning to...
View ArticlePast failures on hate crime show urgent need for immediate reform of police...
The report from NSW Police Force Strike Force Parrabell has been released today, highlighting systemic failings by the police in responding to gay hate murders between 1976 and 2000. The report found...
View ArticleMedia Release: NSW Police secret blacklist is nothing more than racist policing
Aboriginal children are 18 times more likely to be targeted by the NSW Police’s “Suspect Target Management Program” according to new data obtained by Greens MP David Shoebridge. By actively targeting...
View ArticleMedia Release: Bail refusal continues to surge under Liberal National government
The Liberal National government’s broken bail reforms has created an 11% increase in bail refusals with vulnerable populations the most adversely affected, according to a new report released today....
View ArticleMedia Release: Aboriginal kids 56 times more likely to face the criminal...
A young Aboriginal child is up to 56 times more likely to come into contact with the criminal justice system, according to a new report from BOCSAR today evidencing what can only be called a...
View ArticleMedia release: Night-time police raids on the elderly not on
The organisation Exit International has raised concerns about police “night time raids” on elderly members, including in retirement villages in the Tweed region. Greens MP and Justice spokesperson...
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