NSW Police

It’s 50 years since Australia’s first DV shelter opened: Are things improving?

It’s been 50 years since Australia’s first women’s shelter, nicknamed ‘Elsie’ opened in Sydney. Order of Australia Medal recipient, Ludo McFerran, worked at the refuge in the seventies. Now retired, she spent more than 40 years supporting women leaving domestic violence, and lobbying governments for change. Ms McFerran spoke to The Wire about what it …

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Report reveals alarming rates of child strip searches by NSW police

A report by Sydney’s Redfern Legal Centre says New South Wales police subjected more than 1500 children to invasive strip searches over 7 years. Fist Nations children made up almost 45 per cent of children strip searched, despite representing just 6 percent of all 10- to 17-year-olds in New South Wales.   Image: Image from …

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Trouble in Thai Town

Many in the Sydney Thai community are concerned over increasing thefts and violence in Sydney’s Thai Town in inner Haymarket. It is unclear as to whether the cause is opportunistic or whether Thai people and businesses are being targeted. The Thai community leaders have called for preventative action to be taken by Sydney City Police …

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Child hospitalised after Police chase – Operation Mantus investigates

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC), the NSW Police watchdog, is examining the use of force by Police, along with systemic issues related to the arrest and detention of children in Operation Mantus. A then 13 year old boy was hospitalised with head injuries on the Northern Rivers of NSW after a brutal incident on …

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