News & Views Indigenous woman’s death in car crash in Darwin considered a death in custody An Indigenous woman has died in a car crash involving police in Darwin, in what is being treated as a death in custody.
News & Views New investigation reveals how badly police have failed survivors of sexual assault A ground-breaking investigation by ABC News has revealed, for the first time, the outcome of nearly every sexual assault reported to the police in Australia between 2008 and 2017.
News & Views Why are NSW police strip searching girls as young as 12? A report in The Guardian reveals that police in NSW have strip-searched 122 girls under the age of 18 since 2016, including girls as young as 12.
News & Views Women have made many inroads in policing, but barriers remain to achieving gender equity A third of all police personnel in Australia are women, but in some areas, the rates of women are trending in the wrong direction, writes Terry Goldsworthy.
News & Views ‘This is about men’s behaviour’: Assistant Commissioner on Courtney Herron’s death A young woman Courtney Herron, was found murdered in a Melbourne park. Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius said men’s behaviour needs to be examined.
