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Melbourne CBD labelled 'designated area' for 6 months, allowing warrantless searches
Victoria Police have declared the entire Melbourne CBD — along with large parts...
Dechlan Brennan 26 Nov 2025
Not just 'a few bad apples': Data shows Victoria Police far more likely to target Aboriginal and racialised communities
Victoria Police are facing accusations of racial profiling after new data showed...
Dechlan Brennan 24 Nov 2025
'Trauma and overt racism': Victorian study finds Aboriginal victims of crime fear not being believed by police
"Police will look at you and it's like 'Oh, it's just another blackfella, it's n...
Dechlan Brennan 12 Dec 2024
Victorian Police accused of racial profiling as data shows Aboriginal people 11 times more likely to be searched
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 11 times more likely to be sear...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Oct 2024
"Fear mongering" does nothing to make the community safer, Victoria's Aboriginal Legal Service warns
Victoria's leading Indigenous legal organisation has criticised the Victorian po...
Dechlan Brennan 23 Jul 2024
Victorian Police to apologise for role in Stolen Generation

Victorian police will apologise for their involvement in the Stolen Generation and implement an improved monitoring system for complaints made by Aboriginal people as part of 79 proposed reforms to ch...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 9, 2024
Peak Aboriginal health group welcomes Victorian law reform on public intoxication

The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has welcomed the state government's decision to implement an Aboriginal-led health-based response which will prioritise servi...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 7, 2023
Victoria's top cop wants power to arrest 10-year-olds

Victorian Police Commissioner Shane Patton has called for an increase in police powers to enable officers to arrest offenders aged between 10 and 13.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 17, 2023
Indigenous people disproportionately targeted by Victorian police over COVID rules, report finds

A damning report released Tuesday found Indigenous people and other Victorians of non-Anglo appearance were disproportionately targeted for breaking public health rules during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Mibenge Nsenduluka Jun 27, 2023
Police apology welcome but only "concrete action" will prevent ongoing harm, VACCHO says

The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation has welcomed Chief Commissioner of Police Shane Patton's apology for police actions that have traumatised Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 10, 2023
Coronial inquest finds the police pursuit that led to an Aboriginal death in custody was "not justified"

Please note: This story contains reference to someone who has died. A coronial inquest found that the police pursuit that resulted in the death of an Aboriginal man in Victoria was not justified.

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