NSW Labor is set to introduce a bill to give NSW Police the power to require people to provide access to their digital devices during more routine arrests. Paul Gregoire reports.
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NSW Police formally withdrew charges against 125 protesters from Rising Tide’s 2024 People’s Blockade. Jim McIlroy reports that activists say they have been “vindicated” for having taken one of the largest civil disobedience protests at Newcastle port
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Taite Collins and Judy Deacon are campaigning for NSW Police to be made accountable for the deaths in custody of their loved ones and for publicly-funded mental health first responders to replace police in such crises. Rachel Evans reports.
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NSW Premier Chris Minns continues to defend his NSW Labor government’s anti-protest laws, despite the NSW Court of Appeal striking them down as unconstitutional. Pip Hinman reports.
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Mark Gillespie writes about the inaugural radical 78er History Walk, where he links past struggles to the present, including the ongoing police violence against peaceful protesters.
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The Redfern Legal Centre believes that NSW Police are undermining the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission’s investigation into their conduct at the protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit. Kerry Smith reports.
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Wendy Thompson argues that LGBTIQ people need appropriate, accessible and competent services instead of police deployed for protests, mental health calls and hate crimes.
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Judith Treanor writes that had authorities facilitated a peaceful march, the huge protest against Isaac Herzog on Gadigal Country/Sydney would have concluded without incident, as it did in more than 30 other places across the country that night.
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Activists Gabi McCutcheon and Paula Corvalan share their accounts of the NSW Police violence at the Sydney protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
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NSW Police have fatally shot a person having a mental health episode already this year. As Paul Gregoire argues, it is a key justice issue for the state to fix.
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State Labor governments are rushing to restrict democratic rights and boost police powers to quash dissent and distract from failures, argues Isaac Nellist.
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The Jewish Council of Australia has called for united action to combat the far right and call out racism, rather than giving police more powers. Kerry Smith reports.