police accountability

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Access to Justice / Freedom of information win exposes need for reform

PIAC has supported a client to get access to information held by the government, using freedom of information processes. We...

30 Aug 2023

Policing and Detention / 2SER: Calling for investigation of heavy handed Covid fines

PIAC and Redfern Legal Centre have filed a complaint against the former NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller and NSW Police,...

16 Jun 2023

Policing and Detention / Aboriginal elders support investigation into policing of COVID-19 fines in Walgett

… The Redfern Legal Centre and Public Interest Advocacy Centre has lodged a formal complaint with the police watchdog, the Law Enforcement...

10 Jun 2023

Policing and Detention / Calls for an investigation into NSW Police issuing excessive COVID fines

Former NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller and the NSW Police are facing a formal complaint over their “heavy-handed approach” in issuing...

9 Jun 2023

Policing and Detention / NSW unlikely to withdraw further Covid fines despite court ruling many were unlawful

The New South Wales government is signalling it will not withdraw any additional Covid fines despite a supreme court decision...

6 Jun 2023

Policing and Detention / Police challenged on COVID fines

Two legal groups have complained to the law enforcement watchdog about the actions of NSW Police during the COVID-19 pandemic,...

5 Jun 2023

Policing and Detention / Complaint lodged against NSW Police over ‘excessive’ COVID fines

Watchdog urged to investigate former police chief and entire force over COVID fines. Officers accused of using ‘unreasonable and oppressive’...

5 Jun 2023

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Over-representation of Aboriginal people in New South Wales prisons "highest on record"

The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) (ALS) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) have released new data showing a “growing...

30 May 2023

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Proportion of Aboriginal inmates in NSW hit a record 29.7% in February

The proportion of Aboriginal people in prisons across New South Wales has reached a record high, prompting an urgent call...

30 May 2023

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / ‘Growing crisis’: Record level of Aboriginal people in NSW prisons, new data reveals

The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT), and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), are ramping up their calls for reform to...

30 May 2023

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