Articles History

June 2026

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Domestic Violence

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​Violence

 

• WA POLICE URGE CALM AS THEY INVESTIGATE POLICE ALTERCATION INVOLVING INDIGENOUS WOMAN IN GERALDTON - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• GIRLFRIEND OF MAN SHOT BY POLICE DISPUTES THAT OFFICERS TOLD HIM TO DROP KNIFE - 2026 QUEENSLAND​

• STATE GOVERNMENT ADMITS POLICE OFFICER BATTERED HANNAH THOMAS DURING PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• NSW POLICE RESPOND TO ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY REVEALED BY FOUR CORNERS - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• WHEN POLICE CHARGED FOOTBALLER TOM STARLING WITH ASSAULT, ONE DETECTIVE BROKE RANKS - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • Tom Starling's lawyer, Samar Singh-Parwar told Four Corners some of his clients have entered guilty pleas for offences they did not commit because they did not have the ‘resilience’ or ‘resources’ to go up against police in court - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES​

• A POLICE ASSAULT PUT A MAN IN THE ICU. THEN CAME THE COVER-UP - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES [SHOWCASE ARTICLE]

  • ​Video: Brutal Force - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

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​Homophobia

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Sexism & Sexual Misconduct

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• SENIOR POLICE OFFICER, 51, ACCUSED OF PURSUING RELATIONSHIP WITH VULNERABLE TEEN - 2026 VICTORIA​

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Racism

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Other Misconduct

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• Jai Wright's family fight 'never about a sentence' in rare moment of accountability - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• WHEN VICTORIA POLICE UNLAWFULLY DISCLOSED HER PREGNANCY, JOANNA ADAMS TOOK IT TO VCAT AND WON - 2026 VICTORIA

• NSW Police officer Benedict Bryant sentenced over death of Indigenous teenager Jai Wright - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

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Extremes

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Observations

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• INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG TO PROBE COMPLAINTS AGAINST WA JUDGES UNDER NEW LEGISLATION - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• MEDICAL CARE MARK BOMBARA RECEIVED BEFORE FLOREAT MURDER TO BE EXAMINED BY INQUEST - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA [See MARK BOMBARA MURDERS OF JENNIFER AND GRETL PETELCZYC​ - WESTERN AUSTRALIA on Extremes page]

• NSW POLICE PUSHED TO FIND 'ROOT CAUSE' OF PSYCHOLOGICAL INJURY CLAIMS, OFFICERS ALLEGE BULLYING, HARASSMENT - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• NSW POLICE FORCE ACCEPTS ALL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT CULTURAL REVIEW - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• REPORT FINDS BULLYING AND HARASSMENT WITHIN NSW POLICE FORCE, AFTER CULTURE REVIEW PROMPTED BY ABC INVESTIGATION - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • Former officers who blew the whistle on NSW Police's toxic culture react to report findings - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • ‘Punished’ for speaking up: culture of bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination in NSW police - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • Landmark culture review finds glaring examples of widespread bullying and harassment in NSW Police Force - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • Scathing report exposes toxic NSW Police culture - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • Landmark culture review finds glaring examples of widespread bullying and harassment in NSW Police Force - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • The NSW Police culture review isn’t shocking to me - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • The shocking footage we saw on Four Corners barely scratches the surface of police violence and use of force I have seen across New South Wales in the last few years.

  • 'Scared, humiliated': senior police blamed for culture - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• REVEALED: THE 'LESS LETHAL' WEAPONS AUSTRALIAN POLICE DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT - 2026 NATIONAL

• MODERN SLAVERY VICTIMS LET DOWN BY JUSTICE SYSTEM, WITH 1PC OF REPORTS RESULTING IN CONVICTIONS - 2026 NATIONAL

• 'MASTERCLASS IN MOVING GOALPOSTS': THE DATA MISTAKE VICTORIA POLICE USED TO JUSTIFY LOCKING STATIONS - 2026 VICTORIA

• PERTH MAN WANTS COMPENSATION OVER DAMAGE TO APARTMENT DURING MURDER INVESTIGATION - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• The Human cost of Australian policing - police suicides [ New section]

• TASMANIA'S POLICE MINISTER UNRESERVEDLY APOLOGISES AFTER PORT ARTHUR SURVIVOR LABELS HIS COMMENTS 'HURTFUL' - 2026 TASMANIA

• WHEN POLICE CHARGED FOOTBALLER TOM STARLING WITH ASSAULT, ONE DETECTIVE BROKE RANKS - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • Tom Starling's lawyer, Samar Singh-Parwar told Four Corners some of his clients have entered guilty pleas for offences they did not commit because they did not have the ‘resilience’ or ‘resources’ to go up against police in court - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• VICTORIA POLICE CHIEF MIKE BUSH SAYS FIREBOMBINGS WILL STOP WHEN POLICE WORK THEIR WAY TO 'TOP OF THE TREE' - 2026 VICTORIA [INCLUDES DISCUSSION OF POLICE RETHINKING STATION STAFFING AND OPERATIONS] - 2026 VICTORIA

• INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL REVIEW OF QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE REFERRED TO THE CRIME AND CORRUPTION COMMISSION - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• WA Police Union research finds death by suicide surpasses those killed on duty - 2023 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• NSW POLICE FLAGS MOVE TO MANDATORY USE OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS AFTER FOUR CORNERS INVESTIGATION - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• WHEN THE BIGGEST DRUG SEIZURE IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY NEARLY DIDN'T HAPPEN DUE TO A SPAT BETWEEN THE U.S. DEA, AFP AND WAPOL - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

• WHEN POLICE CHARGED FOOTBALLER TOM STARLING WITH ASSAULT, ONE DETECTIVE BROKE RANKS - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

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May 2026

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Domestic Violence

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• MORE NSW POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS VICTIMS FACE ONGOING PROBLEMS GETTING HELP - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• THREE TASMANIAN POLICE EMPLOYEES CHARGED OVER SEPARATE INCIDENTS - 2026 TASMANIA

 

Violence

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• JODI KNOTT SUFFERED 'GRATUITOUS CRUELTY' AT THE HANDS OF POLICE. HER FAMILY WANTS THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT THEY DID - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• NSW POLICE WATCHDOG RECEIVES RECORD NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOLLOWING HERZOG PROTEST - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• IBAC'S OPERATION FIG FINALISED WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TO VICTORIA POLICE - 2026 VICTORIA​

• INQUEST INTO 2023 TASERING DEATH OF 95-YEAR-OLD CLARE NOWLAND BEGINS - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • NSW coroner acknowledges "powerful presence" of Clare Nowland's family at inquest - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• NT POLICE REVIEW CLEARS OFFICER WHO PEPPER SPRAYED CAMERA OPERATOR DURING ALICE SPRINGS RIOT - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

• 'WHITE SHIRT GUY' CLAIMS HE WAS ASSAULTED BY POLICE AT THE SYDNEY RALLY AGAINST ISAAC HERZOG. NOW HE PLANS TO SUE - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• THREE TASMANIAN POLICE EMPLOYEES CHARGED OVER SEPARATE INCIDENTS - 2026 TASMANIA

• FAMILY OF 95 yo CLARE NOWLAND, WHO DIED AFTER BEING TASERED, HOPE INQUEST WILL LEAD TO CHANGE - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• WOLLONGONG TRADESMAN JAILED FOR ROBBING PAEDOPHILE IN LIGHTNING RIDGE HEIST - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• POLICE CRITICISED FOR USING TASERS ON PEOPLE IN INAPPROPRIATE AND UNNECESSARY SITUATIONS - 2026 NATIONAL

  • Tasered by police on private property - 2026 Victoria

 

Homophobia

 

Sexism & Sexual Misconduct

• POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF RAPE SENT MESSAGE DENYING HE WAS 'SLEAZY' COURT TOLD - 2026 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

  • Former police officer says he got into bed with woman but denies raping her, court hears - 2026 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

• TRIAL BEGINS AS WA POLICE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER GAILENE HAMILTON ACCUSED OF STALKING SUBORDINATE OFFICER - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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Racism

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• NT POLICE WILL NOT LAY CHARGES AGAINST OFFICERS OVER KUMAJAYI WHITE'S DEATH WHILE BEING RESTRAINED AT COLES - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

  • ​Kumanjayi White's family 'heartbroken' no charges laid against officers involved in death in police custody - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

  • NT police say cause of Kumanjayi White's death in custody in Alice Springs still unknown - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

• FATHER OF ZACHARY ROLFE TELLS INQUIRY MORE MUST BE DONE TO FIGHT 'WIDESPREAD RACIST BEHAVIOUR' IN THE NT POLICE - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

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Other Misconduct

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• REVIEW OF A WA POLICE INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONS OF SERIOUS MISCONDUCT BY OFFICERS DURING AN INCIDENT IN THE PERTH CONVENTION CENTRE AND EXHIBITION CENTRE CARPARK - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• NT POLICE OFFICER ON TRIAL CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO PERVERT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

• ALAN JONES CLAIMS INVALID WARRANTS, POLICE IMPROPRIETY AND 'WILLY-NILLY' SEARCH IN SEX ABUSE INVESTIGATION - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• THREE TASMANIAN POLICE EMPLOYEES CHARGED OVER SEPARATE INCIDENTS - 2026 TASMANIA

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Extremes

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• ADDED: THE ANFREW PETRELIS CASE - WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• ADDED: DEATH IN CUSTODY OF MS DHU - WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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Observations

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• TASMANIA POLICE 'OPEN' TO LEARNING FROM VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT HAS FOUND REMAINS IN TWO MISSING PERSON CASES - 2026 TASMANIA

• CORONIAL INQUEST PROBES NSW POLICE STAFFING LEVELS AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett defends Ben Roberts-Smith airport arrest - 2026 Australian Federal Police

• SAPOL COMMISSIONER REJECTS INCENTIVE PLAN TO ATTRACT OFFICERS TO 'UNDERSTAFFED' OUTBACK TOWN - 2026 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

• NUMBER OF VICTORIA POLICE OFFICERS DECLINES FURTHER UNDER PREMIER ALLEN - 2026 VICTORIA

  • Victorian police suffer from staffing crisis - 2026 VICTORIA

  • Reception hours slashed at police stations in Melbourne's outer-north - 2026 VICTORIA

• VICTORIA POLICE SETTLE DEBATE AFTER COP PHOTO GOES VIRAL - 2026 VICTORIA

• NSW POLICE ASSOCIATION PUSHES FOR NIGHT COURTS TO EASE PRESSURE ON FRONTLINE OFFICERS - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• WOMAN DIES AFTER BEING STRUCK BY POLICE CAR IN CAIRNS - 2026 QUEENSLAND

• AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE FACES DEEPENING INTEGRITY CRISIS AS MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS SURGE - 2026 AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

• OVERVIEW OF SERIOUS MISCONDUCT - YEAR IN REVIEW 2024-2025 - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA [CORRUPTION AND CRIME COMMISSION REPORT]

• POREPUNKAH PROPERTY OWNER MAKES NEW CLAIMS ABOUT FREEMAN INCIDENT​ - 2026 VICTORIA

• CHILDREN TO BE HELD IN POLICE WATCH HOUSES FOR UP TO 48 HOURS UNDER NT YOUTH JUSTICE CHANGES - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

  • NT laws to allow police to hold young people for 48 hours will be ‘funnelling Aboriginal children into prisons’, advocates warn - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

• TEENAGER DIES AFTER FALLING DURING POLICE OPERATION IN QUEENSLAND - 2026 QUEENSLAND

• NSW POLICE OVERUSING 'HIGHLY INTRUSIVE' LEGAL POWERS TO MONITOR PHONES AND COMPUTERS, NATIONAL WATCHDOG FINDS - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• AUSTRALIAN POLICE OFFICERS CAN BE TRACKED DUE TO A SECURITY FLAW IN TASERS AND BODY-WORN CAMERAS - 2026 NATIONAL

• NUMBER OF TASMANIA POLICE OFFICERS OFF DUTY DUE TO MENTAL HEALTH DOUBLES IN FIVE YEARS - 2026 TASMANIA

• THE BONDI ROYAL COMMISSION INTERIM REPORT IS CAREFUL BUT ULTIMATELY DAMNING - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES & NATIONAL

• VICTORIA POLICE DOUBLES RECRUIT INTAKE TO 1,300 A YEAR AS IT TRIED TO FILL HUNDREDS OF VACANCIES - 2026 VICTORIA

• ​IMPACT OF QUEENSLAND'S COERCIVE CONTROL LAWS NOT YET CLEAR ONE YEAR AFTER IMPLEMENTATION - 2026 QUEENSLAND

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April 2026

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Domestic Violence

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• NSW POLICE: MOST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-CHARGED POLICE REMAIN IN THE JOB - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• TASMANIA POLICE SERGEANT USED DISPATCH SYSTEM IN 'RELENTLESS' MONITORING OF WIFE IN FAMILY VIOLENCE MATTER - 2026 TASMANIA

• RAPE INVESTIGATION RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TASMANIA POLICE HANDLES FAMILY VIOLENCE BY SERVING OFFICERS - 2026 TASMANIA

• FINAL DAY OF INQUEST INTO DEATH OF TOKO-HARIETA MAKI HEARS FROM TOP POLICE, CHILD SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

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Violence

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• VIDEO OF POLICE OFFICER RESTRAINING 13YO GIRL ON PERTH TRAIN SPARKS EXCESSIVE FORCE PROBE - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• POLICE INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AFTER OFFICER PUSHES INDIGENOUS WOMAN TO THE GROUND DURING ARREST IN

• BROOME - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

 

 

Homophobia

 

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Sexism & Sexual Misconduct

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Racism

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• SIX WA POLICE OFFICERS SANCTIONED OVER TREATMENT OF ABORIGINAL MAN WHO DIED IN KALGOORLIE PRISON - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA​

• WA POLICE STANDS BY MODERATION STRATEGY DESPITE RACIST COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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Other Misconduct

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• QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE TO TEST ALL GLOCK HANDGUNS ISSUED TO OFFICERS AFTER FAULT IDENTIFIED - 2026 QUEENSLAND

• 'I HAVE NOT TASTED THE GIN': FORMER POLICE COMMISSIONER CLEARED OF MISCONDUCT OVER GIFTS SCANDAL - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES 

• POLICE NAB THREE FOR ABUSE OF OFFICE, FRAUD - 2026 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

• SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COP IN CHARGE OF ROAD SAFETY FINED OVER BIKE SELFIE - 2026 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

• SISTER OF NEAL THOMSON TO SUE VICTORIA POLICE OVER HIS FATAL SHOOTING BY DEZI FREEMAN - 2026 VICTORIA

• NEW SOUTH POLICE CAUGHT MONITORING PHONES AND COMPUTERS - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• ARE WHISTLEBLOWER COPS PUNISHED FOR SPEAKING OUT? - 2026 NATIONAL

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Extremes

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• Beau Lamarre-Condon's mother case of intending to influence double murder trial witness in court.

 

Observations

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• NSW POLICE UNDER SCRUTINY OVER RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO TARGETED BONDI BEACH HANUKKAH EVENT - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• MELBOURNE PHARMACY OWNER, 65, BRUTALLY ASSAULTED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS OWN STORE - 2026 VICTORIA

• SENIOR SA POLICE OFFICER UNDER INVESTIGATION OVER MISCONDUCT ALLEGATION, ICAC SAYS - 2026 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

• TRANSIT OFFICERS ON DARWIN'S 'DANGEROUS' BUS NETWORK WILL SOON BE ARMED WITH GUNS - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

• CORONER HEARS OF POLICE FAILINGS FOLLOWING 1976 DISAPPEARANCE OF VERONICA GREEN - 2026 VICTORIA*

• CALLS FOR AFP TO 'EXPLAIN' NEED TO ARREST BEN ROBERTS-SMITH AT SYDNEY AIRPORT - 2026 AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

• POLICE MINISTER YASMIN CATLEY HITS BACK AT FAIRFIELD MAYOR'S ALLEGATION POLICE NOT BEING DEPLOYED IN WESTERN SYDNEY - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• 'SIGNIFICANT FAILURES' IN POLICE PROBE OF MAN'S DEATH - 2026 VICTORIA

• BOARDROOM SCREAMING MATCH ENDS WITH COPS STORMING OUT [WA POLICE UNION STORY] - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• LAST CHANCE FOR ANSWERS IN NANNUP FOUR COLD CASE AS POLICE ADMIT SEARCH ERROR - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• SUPPORT SERVICES NATIONWIDE 'BUCKLING UNDER DEMAND' DURING SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH - 2026 NATIONAL