Policing
The head of ACT Police has apologised to a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy who had a weapon pointed at him and was forcibly removed from a bus during a search for an armed robbery suspect, while maintainin...
Pacific police chiefs are scoping areas where additional assistance can be deployed as Australia helps scale up regional security responses by training local officers.
An 11-year-old Aboriginal boy on bail was subjected to more than 100 police checks over a seven-month period, in what a legal group says is evidence of "discriminatory patterns" in NSW policing.
Proud Dulabed Malanbarra Yidinji woman Karren Edmonds has been successfully appointed as a Police Liaison Officer after graduating from the Queensland Police Service's First Nations Pathway to Policin...
A long-promised review into racism within the Northern Territory Police Force has been scrapped, Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby has confirmed — even as the force continues to face serious...
The Aboriginal Legal Service has welcomed judicial condemnation of the "unacceptable and deeply concerning treatment" of one of the agency's young clients in ACT police custody.
Australia has taken a landmark step in supporting international peace and security by opening a world-first United Nations Police Peacekeeping training course tailored for the Pacific region.
A co-ordination and training centre for Pacific Island police has been opened as Australia seeks to counter China's growing security influence in the region.
Samoa Police worked with Australian Federal Police to deliver security for the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. This CHOGM collaboration was part of a wider regional effort that saw AFP...
Climate change might have been top of the agenda for Commonwealth leaders at a days-long meeting in Samoa but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese highlighted a joint police force between Australia and the...
First Nations people in New South Wales are subject to 45 per cent of all "uses of force" by NSW police despite making up only 3.44 per cent of the population, a new accountability dashboard has revea...
Pacific policing and Australia's bid to host a major climate conference are top of mind as senior Australian ministers undertake a charm offensive in the region.
Any response to the report on missing and murdered First Nations women and children must be Indigenous led, according to the Human Rights Commission.