Archive of posts in the 'Policing and Detention' category
Excerpt from City Hub: In a sweeping effort to tackle knife crime in the state, NSW Police now have the...
Excerpt from Australasian Lawyer: Legal bodies have pushed back against knife “wanding” legislation being pitched in NSW. The proposed Law...
Excerpt from the National Indigenous Times: Legal and Human Rights groups are urging the rejection or amendment of new ‘wanding’...
An excerpt from The Guardian: Proposed laws to expand New South Wales police powers to randomly “wand” or “scan” people for knives...
Thousands of young people and children were fined in the pandemic for breaching COVID-19 restrictions in NSW, a new report has found....
Marginalised children were unfairly issued Covid fines during the height of the pandemic in New South Wales, a report has...
A new report has claimed disadvantaged and First Nations children in New South Wales were targeted by police during the...
The 16-year-old boy with an intellectual disability rode his bike without a helmet. On that single day, he was fined...
We’re representing two NSW mothers who say police misused their powers, visiting their families hundreds of times to check their...
Megan* is like many Australian women: she is a single mum raising three children in NSW. She has also been...