Lebanese Immigration to Australia Last week Peter Dutton drew a line between the Commonwealth Government and the Australian Lebanese community by stating that former Prime Minister Malcom Fraser “made mistakes” with immigration in the...
The very nature of policing, which involves the routine exposure of officers to the fact or threat of violent injury to themselves and others, means that one of the most common injuries suffered by police is Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSD). This is a reality that...
The Parliamentary Inquiry into the police bugging scandal has today handed down its final report into the long-running bugging scandal that has engulfed the NSW Police Force for more than a decade. It delivered a clear blueprint of of reform that, if accepted, will...
Footage of the aftermath of illegal hunting activities has been released as the Greens call on the NSW government for tougher hunting laws. Six wild brumbies were shot dead within a week of the of the NSW government reopening forests to hunters. Brumbies are not...
In May this year, SES Deputy Commissioner, Tara McCarthy, was given an hour to get her things into boxes and get out of the office. She had been sacked. Why the Deputy Commissioner was removed from her job in the State Emergency Service is now the subject of an...
The video above is David’s speech to the NSW Legislative Council on the Hunters Hill Congregational Church Property trust Bill 2013, where he details the problems with the proposed approach to lifting the genuine administrative burdens of property law. The issue...
In response to the release of the damning Police Integrity Commission report into the tragic police shooting of Adam Salter and the subsequent internal police review, which includes recommendations of perjury and disciplinary charges against police, the Greens NSW are...
As you may be aware, in the early hours of this morning the NSW Parliament passed the perversely named Victims Rights and Support Bill 2013. This bill represents an unprecedented attack on the rights of victims of crime. Our deep concerns about this legislation...
At 4:30am on Thursday morning the O’Farrell government, with the support of the Shooters MPs and Fred Nile, have forced through harsh retrospective cuts to the rights of victims of crime. The complete debate including contributions by all speakers is available...
Despite damning reports from both the Ombudsman and the Coroner and a fresh recommendation from the PIC that charges be laid against police reportedly for affray, assault and perjury, not a single police officer who was implicated in the tragic events surrounding the...
Victims of child sexual abuse are being hit doubly hard by the O’Farrell government with proposed cuts to victims compensation being followed by the complete removal of all legal aid entitlements for civil claims by victims of child sexual abuse against either the...
