Recent police misconduct reveals lack of mental health services
By Peter ThruppWhen a man is assaulted by six police officers outside his home, you’ve got to ask yourself: how often does this happen without anyone recording it?
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Trained in the use of force
By Anne CollinsPoet Anne Collins considers the impact of conflict zones throughout the world.
Valdivia
By Edward CarusoWriter Edward Caruso takes us into the thick of things in his poem Valdivia, where protesters and military police clash.
Capturing the stories of migrant victims of family violence
By Eve GallagherTo help migrant victims of family violence, attending police have to understand the real story.
New Police Powers a Threat to Indigenous Australians
By Alexandra LaneA new law giving police in the Northern Territory the power to perform “paperless arrests” has serious consequences for the rights of Indigenous Australians.
Police Power and Abuse: A gap in Victoria’s legal system
By Meghana SharmaMeghana Sharma takes a look at a gap in Victoria’s legal system – compensation for victims of police abuses of power
The Banality of Police Racism
By Mohamad TabbaaIs police racism just a matter of a few “bad apples” or is it a more systemic problem? Mohamad Tabbaa tells us his harrowing account of experiencing years of discrimination by Victorian police.
“Changing a Whole System”: Racialised Policing in Melbourne
By Michael GreenBy Michael Green This piece was originally published on the Wheeler Centre website. Last week, the State Coroner began an inquest into the death of a young man whose body was found in the Maribyrnong River. The hearing didn’t make it halfway. On Friday the coroner, Ian Gray, suspended it, directed police to reinvestigate on […]
Insights into police surveillance and public protest
Samaya Chanthaphavong in conversation with Lisa CaripisThis is a follow up interview with Lisa Caripis, who Victoria Police to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal over their refusal to destroy surveillance footage of her taken at a peaceful protest in 2010. You can read the interviews with her before the trial here and just after the trial here. The Tribunal handed down […]
A Man Like Ishmail – Police, Relations and Race
By Ellena SavageBy Ellena Savage. A version of this article previously appeared on the Tharunka website, and was the winner of Tharunka Non-Fiction Writing Competition. It is May, 2009. A cold, clear night; frost will set over the tips of lawns before dawn. I wait at a bar for my new boyfriend, Ishmail, an attractive Eritrean-Australian I met though […]
Police surveillance and public protest: follow up interview with Lisa Caripis
Samaya Chanthaphavong in conversation with Lisa CaripisLisa Caripis took Victoria Police to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal over their refusal to destroy surveillance footage of her taken at a peaceful protest in 2010. The hearing took place in mid-July. Right Now spoke to Lisa about the right to public protest, police surveillance and her feelings about the participating in the […]