Past failures on hate crime show urgent need for immediate reform of police oversight
The report from NSW Police Force Strike Force Parrabell has been released today, highlighting systemic failings by the police in responding to gay hate murders between 1976 and 2000. The report found that one third of the deaths considered were likely gay hate...
read moreChild abuse laws strengthened but Labor and the Coalition continue to protect priests
Late tonight the NSW Parliament passed historic changes to the criminal law that deliver substantial improvements to child abuse laws, but both Labor and the Coalition failed to support a Greens amendment that would have removed the special protection from priests and...
read moreLiberal National government shuts down debate on right to protest
The Liberal National government has today moved NSW closer to a police state, shutting down debate in Parliament on the right to protest. Greens MP David Shoebridge moved a motion this morning to disallow a government regulation giving police the power to prohibit any...
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