Over Policing
NSW Police settle trespass case over repeated bail checks on Aboriginal children
Two Aboriginal mothers have settled a claim against the New South Wales Police after police allegedl...
Dechlan Brennan
11 Sep 2026
ACT Police apologise for wrongful arrest of Aboriginal teen, defend officers’ conduct
The head of ACT Police has apologised to a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy who had a weapon pointed at hi...
Aboriginal children routinely over-policed under NSW bail checks, legal group says
An 11-year-old Aboriginal boy on bail was subjected to more than 100 police checks over a seven-mont...
NT Government scraps police racism review amid ongoing allegations
A long-promised review into racism within the Northern Territory Police Force has been scrapped, Att...
First Nations children - some as young as 11 - strip-searched by NSW police at higher rate, new data reveals
First Nations people in New South Wales are subject to 45 per cent of all "uses of force" by NSW pol...
NSW Police settle trespass case over repeated bail checks on Aboriginal children
Two Aboriginal mothers have settled a claim against the New South Wales Police a...
Dechlan Brennan
11 Sep 2026
ACT Police apologise for wrongful arrest of Aboriginal teen, defend officers’ conduct
The head of ACT Police has apologised to a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy who had a...
Dechlan Brennan
21 Nov 2025
Aboriginal children routinely over-policed under NSW bail checks, legal group says
An 11-year-old Aboriginal boy on bail was subjected to more than 100 police chec...
Dechlan Brennan
1 Jul 2025
NT Government scraps police racism review amid ongoing allegations
A long-promised review into racism within the Northern Territory Police Force ha...
Dechlan Brennan
17 Jun 2025
First Nations children - some as young as 11 - strip-searched by NSW police at higher rate, new data reveals
First Nations people in New South Wales are subject to 45 per cent of all "uses...
Dechlan Brennan
25 Sep 2024
An Aboriginal man who was found guilty of resisting police has had his conviction overturned, in an incident now the subject of an internal New South Wales Police review.
With a record number of COVID-19 infringement notices issued in New South Wales, justice advocates raise concerns about its impact on the state's recovery.
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