Tag: Australian police and policing
Victoria Police have abruptly ended the designation of Melbourne’s central business district and surrounding precincts as a special search zone, withdrawing controversial powers that allowed officers to conduct warrantless searches nearly four months earlier than scheduled. The declaration, which granted...
New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon has extended restrictions on authorised protests across large parts of Sydney for a further 14 days, citing ongoing community safety concerns in the aftermath of the alleged Bondi terror attack. The move comes...
Three people were arrested in central Sydney on Sunday evening after hundreds of protesters defied a New South Wales police ban on public demonstrations to condemn the United States’ military intervention in Venezuela, an action that has triggered widespread protests...