Policing and detention
Media and commentary related to our work to provide critical oversight of NSW Police, prisons and youth detention centres, to protect human rights and ensure fair and lawful treatment.
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Star Observer: “Hell on Earth” Transgender Woman Settles Discrimination Case Against NSW Police
Melissa Yarnold was placed in a men’s prison, where she alleges she was subject to sexual harassment and discrimination.
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No Filter: Police shootings, mental health crises and the shattered families pushing for alternative first responders
StreetCare member Alex* spoke about his experiences of over-policing in his social housing community.
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2SER: Push back against NSW knife laws
Solicitor Kate Sinclair spoke to 2SER about our concerns with new laws that give police undefined powers.
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Experts at Mental Health forum agree: we must change our response to people in crisis
We brought together a panel of health and legal experts, mothers of people who have been killed by police and Rose Jackson, the NSW Minister for Mental Health.
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Australasian Lawyer: Legal bodies push back against pitched NSW knife ‘wanding’ legislation
Australasian Lawyer reported on our efforts to resist new police search legislation.
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NIT: “Why throw more money into failed law and order responses?”
CEO Jonathon Hunyor spoke to the National Indigenous Times about proposed new police search powers.
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The Guardian: NSW knife laws allowing suspects to be scanned without a warrant could be ‘abused by police’
CEO Jonathon Hunyor spoke to the Guardian about proposed new powers for police.
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Mental health call outs: who should respond?
We’re hosting a forum to examine alternative responses to mental health crisis.
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The Daily Aus: Children fined during the pandemic in NSW
Our CEO Jonathon Hunyor commented to the Daily Aus about COVID-19 fines.
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9 News: Disadvantaged kids unfairly targeted by $5000 Covid fines, report finds
COVID fines research we commissioned appeared in 9News coverage.