Australian Police Misconduct  Articles History

25 AUGUST 2026 - PLEASE NOTE THAT NO FURTHER UPDATES WILL BE MADE TO THIS SITE UNTIL NOVEMBER 2026, THE EDITORIAL TEAM IS TAKING A BREAK

 

Articles were added to the site in these timelines:

 

August 2026

 

Domestic Violence

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Violence

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• MAGISTRATE CLEARS POLICE OFFICERS OF MANSLAUGHTER OVER LUKE BRIGGS DEATH - 2026 VICTORIA

• Two police officers criminally charged following investigation into arrest of Aboriginal man - 2026 VICTORIA

• Two police officers criminally charged following investigation into arrest of Aboriginal man - 2026 VICTORIA

• VICTORIA POLICE SETTLE LAWSUIT WITH GIPPSLAND MAN LEFT WITH BRAIN DAMAGE AFTER 2022 ARREST - 2026 VICTORIA

• IBAC CHARGES VICTORIA POLICE OFFICER WITH FALSE IMPRISONMENT AND ASSAULT - 2026 VICTORIA

 

Homophobia

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• Watchdog forces NSW Police to reopen misconduct investigation into drug raids at Sydney LGBTQIA+ venues - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

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Sexism & Sexual Misconduct

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• FORMER NSW POLICE OFFICER ALLEGES SHE WAS RAPED BY SENIOR COLLEAGUE - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

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Racism

 

• RACISM ENTRENCHED IN YOUTH JUSTICE AND CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEMS, INQUIRY HEARS - 2026 NATIONAL

• FORMER AND CURRENT ABORIGINAL OFFICERS SUING NT POLICE IN CLASS ACTION OVER ALLEGATIONS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

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Other Misconduct

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• POLICE CRITICISED OVER 'POTENTIALLY LETHAL; ARREST AFTER PULLING INNOCENT ABORIGINAL TEEN FROM BUS AT GUNPOINT - 2026 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY POLICING

• AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE DETECTIVE JAILED AFTER ADMITTING TO LYING UNDER OATH ABOUT EVIDENCE - 2026 AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE

• BODY BELIEVED TO BE MISSING HIKER LILY HOOPER FOUND IN NSW SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS AFTER EIGHT-DAY SEARCH - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• NT COP'S ALLEGED WILD NIGHT ENDS IN COURT - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

• WA POLICE APOLOGISE OVER INVESTIGATION INTO PERTH WOMAN AMY WENSLEY'S DEATH - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• MAN ACCUSED OF KICKING TWO YOUNG BOYS AT CANBERRA SHOPPING CENTRE HAD 'FIXATION ON LITTLE PEOPLE', COURT HEARS - 2026 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY POLICING

• LEADING SENIOR CONSTABLE CHARGED [FIREARMS TRAFFICKING] - 2026 VICTORIA

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Extremes

 

• VICTORIA POLICE SETTLE LAWSUIT WITH GIPPSLAND MAN LEFT WITH BRAIN DAMAGE AFTER 2022 ARREST - 2026 VICTORIA

 

​Observations

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• WANGARATTA MEMORIAL FOR TWO POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN POREPUNKAH SHOOTING - 2026 VICTORIA

• AS THE LAND FORCES EXPO APPROACHES IN PERTH, WA POLICE COULD GET MORE POWERS - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• MAN DIES IN POLICE CUSTODY AT CLAYTON RAILWAY STATION AFTER ARMED CONFRONTATION - 2026 VICTORIA

• QUEENSLAND WOMAN ALLEGEDLY MURDERED BY EX CONTACTED POLICE DAYS BEFORE SHE DIED - 2026 QUEENSLAND

• PRIVACY CONCERNS RAISED OVER AUSTRALIAN-FIRST LIVE AI POLICE FACE SCANNING TRIAL - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• IBAC releases police oversight data for 2025  - 2026 VICTORIA

• IBAC'S POLICE OVERSIGHT IN 2025 - 2026 VICTORIA

• SA POLICE CHIEF REFLECTS ON HELENA WRIGHT MURDER-SUICIDE, RAINA CRUISE HOME DETENTION - 2026 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

• NT POLICE COMMISSIONER FIRES BACK AT LABOR MP LUKE GOSLING AFTER ARREST 'POLITICISATION' CLAIM - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

• VIRAL POLICE PURSUIT VIDEO LEADS TO CALL FOR 'PROACTIVE SOLUTIONS' IN KUNUNURRA - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• NSW Police make use of body-worn cameras mandatory following Four Corners investigation - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• Culture in Australia's largest police force 'unacceptable' - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING UNION PUSH TO ALLOW POLICE TO COLLECT CHILD SUSPECTS' DNA - 2-26 QUEENSLAND

• ANTISEMITISM​ INQUIRY TOLD ACTIONS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS WERE 'APPALLING' - 2026 NATIONAL

• Family pays tribute to Aboriginal man who died in police custody in Adelaide's CBD - 2026 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

 

 

 

July 2026

 

Domestic Violence

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Violence

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• WA POLICE PROBE USE OF FORCE AFTER HANDCUFFED TEENAGER INJURED DURING ARREST - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• EXTRAORDINARY INTERNAL POLICE EMAILS REVEALED AFTER INDIGENOUS MAN ALLEGEDLY BEATEN BY OFFICER - 2026 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY POLICING

• ‘F***ing go bro’: Twist in viral cop shove clip - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

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​Homophobia

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Sexism & Sexual Misconduct

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Racism

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• Legal action over Kumanjayi White death in custody discontinued, as family vows to keep fighting for answers - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

• Lawyer for Kumanjayi White's family alleges double standard over handling of Luke Gosling case compared to death in custody - 2026 - NORTHERN TERRITORY

• COURT ACTION BY KUMANJAYI WHITE'S FAMILY DEMANDS ANSWERS OVER DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE POLICE - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

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Other Misconduct

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• MEDIA RELEASE - NOTICE OF PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS - OPERATION MERKUR - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • ​Watchdog to grill top cops on corruption - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• PETER FOSTER'S LAWYER CLAIMS A SYDNEY DETECTIVE RANG HIM ALLEGING POLICE WERE DESTROYING EVIDENCE - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• NSW POLICE SERGEANT UNLAWFULLY ACCESSED INTERNAL DATABASE FOR FRIEND ACCUSED OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

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Extremes

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Observations

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• INVESTIGATIONS UNDERWAY INTO DEATH OF ABORIGINAL MAN IN CUSTODY IN ADELAIDE - 2026 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

• QUEENSLAND POLICE TAKE FOUR HOURS TO REACH LIFE-THREATENING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL-OUT - 2026 QUEENSLAND

• NSW POLICE ARE THE MOST COMPLAINED ABOUT POLICE AGENCY - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• POLICE ACCIDENTALLY SHOOT CAIRNS WOMAN WHILE FIRING AT ARMED MAN - 2026 QUEENSLAND

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June 2026

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Domestic Violence

 

• QLD POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF 'SERIOUS VIOLENCE' AGAINST WOMAN GRANTED BAIL - 2026 QUEENSLAND

• STELLA MAGNISALIS FIGHTS TO HAVE EX-POLICEMAN HUSBAND KEPT BEHIND BARS - 2026 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

  • SA Police officers 'did not act appropriately' in handling of DV survivor's case

• CHILD SURVIVOR OF FAMILY VIOLENCE SAYS POLICE 'ESSENTIALLY' CALLED HIM A 'LIAR' DURING MISCONDUCT PROBE - 2022 VICTORIA

• COP CHARGED WITH DV ASSAULT - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • Off-duty officer charged over alleged assault - Central Metropolitan Region - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

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​Violence

 

• 'F**KING GO BRO': TENSE MOMENT COP ALLEGEDLY SHOVES HOMELESS MAN IN SYDNEY'S WEST - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• FORMER POLICE OFFICER'S DESTRUCTION OF BODY-WORN VIDEO AND USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS SERIOUS MISCONDUCT, REPORT FINDS - 2025 NEW SOUTH WALES

• FORMER OFFICER CHARGED - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• OFF-DUTY OFFICER CHARGED OVER ALLEGED ASSAULT - BOWRAL - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• REPORT HIGHLIGHTS POLICE MENTAL HEALTH FAILINGS - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES & NATIONAL

• VIDEO: VIDEO FOOTAGE EMERGED ONLINE SHOWING A POLICE OFFICER PUSHING A WOMAN TO THE GROUND - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• FORMER POLICE OFFICER LOSES APPEAL OVER CONVICTION FOR ASSAULTING TEENS DURING ARREST IN BATEMANS BAY - 2026

• 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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• WATCHDOG TO CONSIDER COMPLAINTS OVER NSW POLICE CONDUCT AT LGBTQIQ+ VENUES IN SYDNEY - 20236 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • Watchdog compels NSW Police to investigate after Sydney gay club drug raids - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

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Sexism & Sexual Misconduct

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• BADGE BETRAYED - QLD DETECTIVE CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT, HACKING AND STALKING - 2026 QUEENSLAND

• POLICE OFFICER CHARGED, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND COORDINATION COMMAND - 2026 QUEENSLAND

• A FORMER POLICE OFFICER FROM MELBOURNE'S NORTH IS ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT ON A COLLEAGUE WHILE AT WORK, INCLUDING SQUEEZING HER BREAST AND MASTURBATING IN A PATROL CAR - 2026 VICTORIA

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

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Racism

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• CORONER FINDS 'NO BREAKTHROUGH' AFTER INQUEST INTO DEATH OF MARK HAINES - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• Four-week coronial inquest into Kumanjayi White's death in police custody set for April 2027 - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

Other Misconduct

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• OFF-DUTY OFFICER ISSUED INFRINGEMENT NOTICE FOR LOW RANGE PCA - CAMMERAY - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• OFFICER CHARGED WITH DRIVING OFFENCES - SOUTH WEST METROPOLITAN REGION - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• OFF DUTY OFFICER CHARGED AFTER CRASH - RIVERSTONE - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• INVESTIGATION REPORT - OPERATION PENTECOST - 2026 AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE (DOWNLOAD PDF)

• SW POLICE WATCHDOG DELIVERS FINDING INTO RESPONSE TO LINDA LUCENA'S DEATH - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• Officer tells inquest he gave Far North Qld man one second to drop knife before fatal shot - 2026 QUEENSLAND

• Lenient Penalty for First NSW Police Officer Convicted of Aboriginal Death in Custody - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• CORONIAL INQUEST IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA HAS BROUGHT RENEWED SCRUTINY TO HOW AUTHORITIES RESPONDED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WARNINGS - 2026 SOUTH AUSTRALIA

• CORONER FINDS JOSH WARNEKE WAS MURDERED IN BROOME, IDENTIFIES SERIOUS WA POLICE FAILINGS​ - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  • Mother of murdered Broome man Josh Warneke slams WA Police culture and flawed investigation - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  • Aboriginal interpreters 'overlooked' by WA Police years after wrongful Josh Warneke murder conviction - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  • The WA coroner has ruled Josh Warneke was murdered, but is the case any closer to being solved? - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• MASON LEE WAS PUNCHED SO HARD HIS BOWEL RUPTURED. NEW EVIDENCE REVEALS POLICE IGNORED REPEATED WARNINGS ABOUT TODDLER'S KILLER - 2026 QUEENSLAND

  • Police failed to act on repeated warnings about a violent man before he killed a toddler. But that’s not the most shocking thing about this case - 2026 QUEENSLAND

• 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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Observations

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• NT POLICE SAYS NEW PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS ON THE BEAT FROM TODAY WILL RECEIVE THE SAME FIREARMS TRAINING AS CONSTABLES - 2026 NORTHERN TERRITORY

• USING ISRAELI SPYWARE, THE NSW POLICE CAN EXTRACT EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU FROM YOUR PHONE - 2026 

• IS THIS THE KIND OF SOCIETY WE REALLY WANT TO LIVE IN WHERE POLICE HAVE SUCH HUGE OVERREACHING POWERS? - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• WHY WAS LAKE CARGELLIGO TRIPLE MURDERER JULIAN INGRAM GRANTED POLICE BAIL? - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE HAS BEEN FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE TO RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS AS OFFICE NUMBERS DWINDLE - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

• AN INCOMPLETE INVESTIGATION THAT DESTROYED A GOOD COP'S LIFE - 2023 NEW SOUTH WALES

• LIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY TO BE USED BY WA POLICE IN AUSTRALIAN FIRST - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  • Dr Brad Pettitt MLC's post - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU SUE THE POLICE? - 2026 NATIONAL

• ACCUSED CRIMINALS FLOWN OUT OF REMOTE COMMUNITIES AS WA REGIONAL COURTS SHUT - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  • Kimberley court closures leave people stranded hundreds of kilometres from home - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  • tatement by Neil Thomson MLC - Mining and Pastoral Region - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  • FIFO Police? - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

  • The State’s top cop has lamented the ‘opportunity cost’ after confirming he’s being forced to use the Police Air Wing to transfer three accused criminals a day. - 2026 WESTERN AUSTRALIA

• 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

  • A boys' club, rife with bullying and discrimination - 2026 NEW SOUTH WALES

  • Tonight I am naming two of the officers connected to the culture I have spoken about within NSW Police - 2026 NEWS 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

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Extremes

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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

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• 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 ANDREW 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