AFP boss says politicians’ heated rhetoric is fuelling threats against MPs https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/25/afp-commissioner-krissy-barrett-threats-mps-political-debate-ntwnfb #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #HelenHaines #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustraliaNews #Melbourne #AustralianPolitics #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls
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AFP boss says politicians’ heated rhetoric is fuelling threats against MPs
By Australian Associated PressCommissioner Krissy Barrett says women are more often singled out, often with threats of sexual violence
#Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #HelenHaines #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #Melbourne #Australianpolitics #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress
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Family Raises Concern Over Perth Hospital Shackling
Arabic version: عائلة تثير مخاوف بشأن تقييد فتاة في مستشفى بيرث According to The Guardian, the family of…
#Australia #Perth #Australianpoliceandpolicing #IndigenousAustralians #WesternAustralia #youthjustice
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Indigenous girl, 16, shackled to hospital bed after being allegedly dragged through her home by police in Perth
By Jordyn BeazleyWA government has defended the practice of shackling people in hospital as ‘part of standard custodial management practices’
#IndigenousAustralians #WesternAustralia #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Youthjustice #TheGuardian #JordynBeazley
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Australian politicians say they are paying thousands for their own security upgrades amid rising threats
By Josh Butler and Krishani DhanjiHome and office safety a common concern in Australian federal police and Asio safety briefings with politicians following alleged attack on MP Helen Haines
#HelenHaines #Australianpolitics #Australianews #Independents #Australianfederalpolice #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Australianintelligenceagencies #TheGuardian #JoshButler #KrishaniDhanji
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Australian politicians say they are paying thousands for their own security upgrades amid rising threats https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/22/politicians-say-they-are-paying-thousands-for-own-security-upgrades-amid-rising-threats-ntwnfb #HelenHaines #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #Independents #AustralianFederalPolice #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianIntelligenceAgencies
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No bail for alleged Helen Haines attacker as police chief warns of Australia’s ‘febrile’ political environment
By Caitlin Cassidy, Henry Belot and Benita KolovosAFP commissioner says MPs are generally concerned about growing volume of abuse and intimidation
#HelenHaines #Victoria #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Australianpolitics #TheGuardian #CaitlinCassidy #HenryBelot #BenitaKolovos
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No bail for alleged Helen Haines attacker as police chief warns of Australia’s ‘febrile’ political environment https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/21/no-bail-brendan-nugent-helen-haines-police-chief-warning-ntwnfb #HelenHaines #Victoria #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustraliaNews
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‘I forgot to pay’: Victoria’s premier Ben Carroll drives off without paying for petrol, sparking police inquiries
By Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondentAfter being contacted by officers, politician says, he paid bill and is ‘grateful for the team at the servo for their understanding’
#BenCarroll #Victorianpolitics #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #Victoria #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovosVictorianstatecorrespondent
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Bodycam video shows police officer shoving Herzog protester before ‘I punched him in the head’ boast
By Jordyn BeazleyLawyer Nick Hanna argues footage aired in Sydney court depicts ‘unlawful use of force’ by ‘very officer boasting about how he pumped him’
#Australianpoliceandpolicing #NewSouthWales #Protest #IsraelGazawar #Sydney #TheGuardian #JordynBeazley
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Kumanjayi Little Baby: damning report finds ‘heartbreaking’ child protection failures before five-year-old’s death https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/20/kumanjayi-little-baby-damning-report-finds-heartbreaking-child-protection-failures-before-five-year-olds-death-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #NorthernTerritory #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #ChildProtection #AliceSprings #NorthernTerritoryPolitics #DomesticViolence
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Kumanjayi Little Baby: damning report finds ‘heartbreaking’ child protection failures before five-year-old’s death
By Douglas Smith Indigenous affairs reporterNorthern Territory government announced sweeping reforms of child protection sector in May, just days after the Warlpiri girl was found dead
#IndigenousAustralians #NorthernTerritory #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Childprotection #AliceSprings #TheGuardian #DouglasSmithIndigenousaffairsreporter
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‘Limited evidence’ of protester violence at Sydney demonstration against Israeli president Isaac Herzog visit
By Jordyn BeazleyAmid police brutality allegations, Law Enforcement Conduct Commission inquiry hears protesters ‘largely peaceful’
#Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #Protest #IsraelGazawar #Palestine #NewSouthWales #Sydney #TheGuardian #JordynBeazley
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‘Limited evidence’ of protester violence at Sydney demonstration against Israeli president Isaac Herzog visit https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/19/limited-evidence-violence-sydney-protest-herzog-visit-police-ntwnfb #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustraliaNews #Protest #IsraelgazaWar #Palestine #NewSouthWales
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Corruption, massacres or town gossip? The bid to unearth secrets a rural Queensland police officer took to his grave
By Joe HinchliffeForty years ago, a constable hid a stash of documents he was ordered to incinerate. Were they evidence of police corruption, records of frontier war violence, or simple tales of daily life?
#Queensland #Archaeology #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #TheGuardian #JoeHinchliffe
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Queensland ombudsman backs away from calls to close youth prison so ‘unsuitable’ some children self-harm to get transferred
By Ben SmeeInmate advocacy group attacks watchdog’s ‘gutless retreat’ on Wacol youth remand centre
#Queensland #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Youthjustice #Queenslandpolitics #Youngpeople #IndigenousAustralians #Indigenousincarceration #Mentalhealth #TheGuardian #BenSmee
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Queensland ombudsman backs away from calls to close youth prison so ‘unsuitable’ some children self-harm to get transferred https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/queensland-ombudsman-backs-away-from-calls-to-close-youth-prison-so-unsuitable-some-children-self-harm-to-get-transferred-ntwnfb #Queensland #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #YouthJustice #QueenslandPolitics #YoungPeople #IndigenousAustralians #IndigenousIncarceration #MentalHealth
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Finding Roger Davies: how one sister’s search for her long lost brother unearthed a state’s destitute burial failures
By Christopher Knaus, Ariel Bogle and Nino BucciExclusive: Chantel Dubsky says she was never told where her brother was buried. His final resting place was found as part of a Guardian investigation
#NewSouthWales #Sydney #Homelessness #Deathanddying #Australianews #Poverty #Socialexclusion #Victoria #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Forensicscience #Family #Genealogy #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus #ArielBogle #NinoBucci
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NSW police commissioner made last-minute bid to hold closed-door hearings into Sydney anti-Herzog protest https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/08/nsw-police-commissioner-lanyon-bid-stop-public-inquiry-sydney-anti-herzog-protest-ntwnfb #NewSouthWales #Sydney #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing
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NSW police commissioner made last-minute bid to hold closed-door hearings into Sydney anti-Herzog protest
By Penry Buckley and Jordyn BeazleyPolice watchdog says Mal Lanyon’s timing in raising the issue was ‘regrettable’ and led to delays
#NewSouthWales #Sydney #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley #JordynBeazley
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Queensland man charged with murder after three-month-old son dies from ‘significant internal injuries’ https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/07/queensland-man-charged-murder-three-month-old-baby-son-ntwnfb #Queensland #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustraliaNews
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Queensland man charged with murder after three-month-old son dies from ‘significant internal injuries’
By Ben SmeeUneeb Ullah, 28, from Logan, has been remanded in custody after his arrest on Tuesday evening for the alleged murder of the child
#Queensland #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #TheGuardian #BenSmee
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Australian leaders condemn pro-Palestine vigils planned for 7 October anniversary amid Jewish commemorations
By Luca IttimaniPeak Jewish bodies organise ceremonies on third anniversary of attacks that triggered conflict in which 74,000 Palestinians have been killed
#Australianews #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #ChrisMinns #BenCarroll #Australianpoliceandpolicing #IsraelGazawar #TheGuardian #LucaIttimani
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Australian leaders condemn pro-Palestine vigils planned for 7 October anniversary amid Jewish commemorations https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/06/australian-leaders-condemn-pro-palestine-vigils-planned-for-7-october-anniversary-amid-jewish-commemorations #AustraliaNews #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #ChrisMinns #BenCarroll #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #IsraelgazaWar
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Man shot dead after crashing car and allegedly pointing gun at NSW police
By Stephanie Convery and AAPOfficers were responding to reports a car had driven into a tree 84km north of Yass on Sunday
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/05/man-shot-dead-nsw-police-yass-ntwnfb
#NewSouthWales #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #RuralandregionalAustralia #TheGuardian #StephanieConvery #AAP
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Man shot dead after crashing car and allegedly pointing gun at NSW police https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/05/man-shot-dead-nsw-police-yass-ntwnfb #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #RuralAndRegionalAustralia
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John Makai was unresponsive when dragged from a Victoria police van. Just one of many ‘shortcomings’ inquest has heard so far
By Nino BucciThe 58-year-old died two days later in hospital after being left in a suburban police station cell for five hours
#Deathsincustody #Victoria #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #TheGuardian #NinoBucci
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Activists plan legal action against police ban on entering security zone near Perth weapons expo
By Jordyn BeazleyUnder new WA laws anyone who defies an exclusion order could face a maximum $36,000 fine and three years in prison
#Australianpoliceandpolicing #Armstrade #Perth #WesternAustralia #Australianews #AustralianGreens #WesternAustralianpolitics #TheGuardian #JordynBeazley
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Activists plan legal action against police ban on entering security zone near Perth weapons expo https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/02/activists-plan-legal-action-against-police-ban-on-entering-security-zone-near-perth-weapons-expo #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #ArmsTrade #Perth #WesternAustralia #AustraliaNews #AustralianGreens #WesternAustralianPolitics
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Queensland anti-corruption commission investigated just 20 of more than 6,000 complaints in a year
By Andrew MessengerStatistics showed there is ‘almost no chance’ a complaint made against a government department like the police would be investigated independently, expert says
#Queensland #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #Queenslandpolitics #TheGuardian #AndrewMessenger
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Victoria police apologise over death of injured man taken to cells instead of hospital https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/28/victoria-police-apologise-over-makai-death-in-custody-ntwnfb #Victoria #DeathsInCustody #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustraliaNews
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NSW police officer killed ‘instantly’ after car she was travelling in crashed into tree in Redfern https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/25/nsw-police-officer-killed-car-crash-redfern-sydney-ntwnfb #Sydney #NewSouthWales #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustraliaNews
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Shackling prisoners giving birth should be a last resort – but it’s happening around Australia anyway
By Tory ShepherdSenator Lidia Thorpe has introduced a bill to prohibit the practice in Australian prisons that advocates say violates the human rights of both mother and child
#Prisons #Indigenousincarceration #Women #IndigenousAustralians #Australianews #Humanrights #Australianpoliceandpolicing #TheGuardian #ToryShepherd
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Beau Lamarre-Condon developed ‘obsession’ with Jesse Baird before fatal double shooting, court hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/21/beau-lamarre-condon-double-murder-trial-obsessed-with-jesse-baird-before-shooting-court-hears-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #Sydney #NewSouthWales #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing
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Police allege mother behind Blue Mountains stabbing attack on three children that left one dead
By Australian Associated PressBystanders found all four on the side of the road at Valley Heights on Sunday with stabbing injuries
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/21/police-mother-children-stabbing-attack-ntwnfb
#BlueMountains #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #NewSouthWales #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress
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Police allege mother behind Blue Mountains stabbing attack on three children that left one dead https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/21/police-mother-children-stabbing-attack-ntwnfb #BlueMountains #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #NewSouthWales
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Man charged with stabbing murder of 90-year-old woman in Bondi Beach amid spate of alleged domestic violence killings https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/20/bondi-stabbing-90-year-old-woman-nsw-alleged-domestic-violence-killings-ntwnfb #NewSouthWales #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustraliaNews
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Victorian police officer charged after allegedly punching and kicking handcuffed teenager during arrest https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/18/victorian-police-officer-charged-after-allegedly-punching-and-kicking-handcuffed-teenager-during-arrest-ntwnfb #Victoria #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing
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‘Anywhere, anytime’: Victoria police and PSOs to get random stop and search powers after Labor backflip https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/16/victoria-police-pso-stop-and-search-powers-jacks-law-labor-backflip #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Victoria #VictorianPolitics #AustraliaNews #CrimeAustralia
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NSW police seize 36 illegal ebikes on northern beaches that are now destined for the crusher https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/12/nsw-police-seize-illegal-ebikes-northern-beaches-crushed #Ebikes #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Sydney #AustraliaNews
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Palestinian Australian sues NSW police claiming he was punched at Herzog rally when helping prayer group
By Jordyn BeazleyExclusive: Eyad Shadid launches civil case in district court after charges against him dropped, alleging he was ‘battered’ near Sydney’s town hall in February
#Australianpoliceandpolicing #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Australianews #ChrisMinns #TheGuardian #JordynBeazley
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Palestinian Australian sues NSW police claiming he was punched at Herzog rally when helping prayer group https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/03/palestinian-australian-eyad-shadid-sues-nsw-police-punched-at-herzog-rally-ntwnfb #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #AustraliaNews #ChrisMinns
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NSW government to resume pill testing at music festivals but rejects calls for wider community rollout https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/02/nsw-government-to-resume-pill-testing-at-music-festivals-but-rejects-calls-for-wider-community-rollout #NewSouthWales #Health #AustraliaNews #Drugs #MusicFestivals #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing
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‘Staggering’: watchdog condemns police after Indigenous teenager on bus wrongfully arrested – then searched https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/25/watchdog-scathing-after-act-police-searched-indigenous-teen-even-after-they-realised-arrest-was-mistake-ntwnfb #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustralianCapitalTerritoryAct #AustraliaNews #AustralianFederalPolice #IndigenousAustralians
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WA police appeal for help to find 10-year-old girl missing from Perth suburbs
By Sarah Collard Indigenous affairs correspondentLyndel Ningella was last seen leaving home in Butler on Saturday evening prompting concerns about her safety
#IndigenousAustralians #Australianpoliceandpolicing #WesternAustralia #Australianews #TheGuardian #SarahCollardIndigenousaffairscorrespondent
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WA police facial recognition trial launches with a real-time arrest – and backlash over privacy
By Ima CaldwellLive video feeds can scan hundreds of faces a minute, instantly cross-referencing their profiles. But critics fear false alerts, algorithmic bias and ‘function creep’
#Australianpoliceandpolicing #WesternAustralia #Australianews #Privacy #Surveillance #TheGuardian #ImaCaldwell
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NSW spent almost $500,000 on court cases they lost against pro-Palestine protest groups
By Penry Buckley<strong>Exclusive</strong>: Documents show $117,455 was spent in a single legal fight over laws rushed through after Bondi attack
#NewSouthWalespolitics #NewSouthWales #Protest #Australianlaw #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Activism #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Bondibeachterrorattack #PenryBuckley
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Growing legal bill for failed defence of controversial NSW protest laws runs to hundreds of thousands of dollars
By Penry Buckley<strong>Exclusive</strong>: Documents show $117,455.50 was spent in a single legal fight over laws rushed through after Bondi attack
#NewSouthWalespolitics #NewSouthWales #Protest #Australianlaw #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Activism #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Bondibeachterrorattack #PenryBuckley
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Racism hindered NSW police investigation into the 1988 death of Indigenous teenager Mark Haines, inquest found https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/18/racism-hindered-nsw-police-investigation-into-the-1988-death-of-indigenous-teenager-mark-haines-inquest-found-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #NewSouthWales #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing