Police strip-searched 51 children in a year despite Labor’s promised review

Police strip-searched 51 children in a year despite Labor’s promised review

It has been 12 months since the NSW police minister promised to review the strip-searching of children. She has held only three meetings.

  • byMichael McGowan

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‘We fundamentally failed’:Apology for victims,survivors of hate crimes

‘We fundamentally failed’:Apology for victims,survivors of hate crimes

The NSW government has supported all 19 recommendations of a world-first inquiry into gay-hate crimes.

  • byMax Maddison
Postcode lottery:Where police have shunned state’s new drug laws
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Postcode lottery:Where police have shunned state’s new drug laws

Data from nearly six months of NSW’s landmark pre-court diversion scheme suggests the vast majority of people are still being sent through the overburdened legal system.

  • byMax Maddison
Webb has many enemies and they will not stop until they topple her

Webb has many enemies and they will not stop until they topple her

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has enjoyed a break from controversy,but her detractors are never far away.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Police commissioner bans purchase of alcohol for gifts,hospitality

Police commissioner bans purchase of alcohol for gifts,hospitality

The under-fire Police Commissioner Karen Webb followed in the footsteps of her predecessor in giving alcohol as gifts.

  • byAlexandra Smith
NSW Police want tougher penalties for parents who let kids carry knives
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NSW Police want tougher penalties for parents who let kids carry knives

NSW Police have asked for tougher knife-crime penalties despite data showing the overall rate of violent crimes involving blades has steadily fallen over the last decade.

  • byMichael McGowan andMax Maddison
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Teenage terror accused dropped out of school,was increasingly ‘disobedient’

Teenage terror accused dropped out of school,was increasingly ‘disobedient’

The 16-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at a western Sydney church had not attended school for more than six months,and his father had also seen signs of increasing “disobedience”.

  • bySally Rawsthorne,Lucy Carroll,Clare Sibthorpe andPatrick Begley
Three key reasons why the Steve Jackson hiring matters
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Three key reasons why the Steve Jackson hiring matters

It takes a special kind of incompetence to drag your government into another “jobs for the boys” scandal.

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NSW Police ditch controversial new spin doctor Steve Jackson
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NSW Police ditch controversial new spin doctor Steve Jackson

The NSW Police has torn up the contract appointing Jackson as the new chief of their media unit,following a fortnight of controversy.

  • byPerry Duffin
As Catley and Webb break bread,Minns backs police minister

As Catley and Webb break bread,Minns backs police minister

Beleaguered Police Minister Yasmin Catley has the “absolute confidence” of the premier,who says she will stay in the job until the next election.

  • byMax Maddison andAlexandra Smith
The NSW police minister needs to go
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The NSW police minister needs to go

Whether it happens now or when Chris Minns decides to pull the trigger on a frontbench reshuffle,Yasmin Catley is finished as police minister.

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