Category: Policing
All NT patrols to carry stun guns
Article posted on Wednesday 01 September 2010
Every police patrol in the NT will carry at least one stun gun by Christmas, with 100 new weapons taking the NT Police total to 230. In 2009, Kwementyaye Rubuntja, 39, died from heart failure after being stunned twice in Alice Springs. The NT coroner fou… more »
America the brave hides behind bars
Article posted on Thursday 26 August 2010
In a recent series of articles, The Economist queries the sanity of the USA locking away more and more people in jails, some for almost unbelievable 'crimes', at increasingly greater cost year by year. There are lessons here for Australia.Crime and p… more »
Students help frame debates
Article posted on Monday 26 July 2010
CLA works with advanced and honours students on topics of mutual interest, where the student gains credits for 'internship' programs or honours studies, and CLA benefits from excellent research papers which help to shape a current or future dilemma. See… more »
Crime down, but perception up
Article posted on Monday 26 July 2010
Crime is down in Australia and throughout the western world. But people think crime is rising, with some academics theorising it's because of all the cop shows on TV. Here's the official rundown for Australia - what do you think? Read more »... more »
Is Australia's fight for freedom only overseas?
Article posted on Friday 09 July 2010
'Lateline' is on the TV, and its part 1 of a two-part program regarding Mentoring Team Alpha in Afghanistan...and I think of the Australian men killed in Afghanistan since 2001. I reflect on my five years in Iraq and the men killed there. I think of t… more »
No proof roadside drug testing
drivers benefits the community
Article posted on Wednesday 30 June 2010
Around Australia, drug testing of drivers takes places with no proven benefit to society and great penalty to people's civil liberties. In WA, the accuracy of the tests is declining, research in SA shows (see CLArion newsletter July 2010). Here, Bill Bus… more »
Is Australia a police state?
Article posted on Tuesday 29 June 2010
In funding and numbers, Australia's national police force has more than doubled over the past decade. In nature and mission, it is now at the 'centre of security' rather than at the core of policing, its own Minister says. Are these changes turning A… more »
'Hidden' victims of
violence need help
Article posted on Wednesday 16 June 2010
A new report – Intimate Partner Abuse of Men – has revealed that about one in three cases of domestic violence in Australia are against men. Government-funded public awareness campaigns and different training within the health and welfare sector are n… more »
Do the 'bikie laws' breach rights?
Article posted on Saturday 12 June 2010
Do the 'bikie laws' breach rights?What does CLA think of the SA legislation - the 'bikie laws' - now being considered, on appeal, by the High Court. Does the Act breach an individual's human rights, we were asked by a student?Dear Ms XXXXX,Serio… more »
Because we're the
United States
of America...
Article posted on Sunday 30 May 2010
If you're planning a trip to the USA, you might to hear this tale of how one Canadian husband and wife team, intent on a shopping trip, ran into language difficulties. Click for more »... more »
Investigate independently
Article posted on Wednesday 26 May 2010
Police should not investigate police deaths in custody, CLA's Keith McEwan says. There needs to be an independent body set up for such cases - justice demands no less, he says. Investigate independently The Editor, The Age: Your editorial ‘Justice te… more »
Streets littered with liberties lost
Article posted on Wednesday 19 May 2010
"I'll never be affected by abuse of civil liberties: it won't happen to me". But, as Susan Carty explains, you can be accused and convicted on an Australian street - even when innocent - if someone whose identity is kept secret reports youfor littering,… more »
Innocent to lose demerit points
Article posted on Monday 26 April 2010
Police and the Police Minister in WA seem determined to introduce a system where people are penalised by loss of demerit driving points if they can't prove themselves innocent. The proposal to reverse the burden of proof is a further example of how the… more »
Coroner says police should cut chases
Article posted on Thursday 01 April 2010
State Coroner Michael Barnes has told Queensland police they should not get involved in car chases with drunk drivers. His findings, after a detailed examination of 10 major chase death incidents over three years, provides a new benchmark for Australia,… more »
Aborigines bear the brunt of
'lock 'em' up' mentality
Article posted on Friday 19 March 2010
Aborigines continue to be massively over-represented in the nation's jails. But in WA, the situation is beyond dire: Aborigines are closing in on being half the total number of people jailed in the state, when they comprise only about 3% of the state's… more »
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