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Queensland police scrap specialist unit providing support for domestic and family violence cases

Change comes after 100-day review that found domestic violence case management was not ‘core’ police business’

The Guardian - AU

Police privacy breach puts DV survivors' lives at risk

Police failed to protect survivors of domestic and family violence after inadequate safeguards resulted in a serious privacy breach, putting lives at risk.

AAP

Statistically, there’s a reliable way to predict a domestic violence homicide like Hannah Clarke’s

Queensland researchers studying intimate-partner killings found one thing common to more than half the cases

The Guardian - AU

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Pregnant and frightened, Kardell Lomas begged for help. Police found her body in the boot of a car

Exclusive: The 31-year-old had dozens of interactions with support services and police before her death at the hands of a dangerous man. Her family now wants answers

The Guardian - AU

Meet the whistleblowers who exposed Queensland’s domestic violence failures: ‘I was warned they would pulverise me’

Exclusive: The women who made Guardian Australia’s two-year investigation possible on why they decided to break ranks and speak out

The Guardian - AU

Police made potentially critical mistakes in Hannah Clarke murders, new evidence reveals

Exclusive: Detectives investigated ‘veracity and motive’ of Brisbane woman’s allegations of domestic violence and coercive control – even after the horrifying attack that killed her and her children

The Guardian - AU

Pro-Palestine protesters banned from marching across Brisbane’s Story Bridge due to safety concerns

Court approves Queensland police’s application to ban Sunday protest on community safety grounds

The Guardian - AU

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Queensland police go to court in bid to stop Story Bridge pro-Palestine protest march

Case heads to Brisbane magistrates court after mediation between Justice for Palestine Magan-djin and police fails

The Guardian - AU

Why aren’t pro-Palestine protesters allowed to march across Brisbane’s Story Bridge?

‘We need the whole city to understand that we are standing against this genocide,’ says protest organiser. QPS says it needs to ‘ensure public safety’

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police rejects diversity targets including ‘critical’ proposal to hold senior officers accountable

Response ‘confirms our findings about the strength of resistance’ in service to women and people of colour advancing through ranks, rights commissioner says

The Guardian - AU

'Boys club' police force scrutinised in scathing report

Discrimination and sexual harassment have impacted Queensland Police's entire culture, according to a scathing independent report that has 36 recommendations.

AAP

Senior Queensland police resisted moves to address sexism and racism in the force, report finds

Review of workplace by the state’s Human Rights Commission found ‘systemic discrimination against women, First Nations and culturally diverse officers’

The Guardian - AU

Half of Australia’s law enforcement agencies have banned officers using encrypted messaging apps

Exclusive: After NSW ban on the likes of WhatsApp and Signal, federal counterparts permit a ‘limited number’ which they declined to reveal

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police officer accused of inappropriate behaviour by female colleagues now investigated for stalking

Female senior constable alleges male officer stalked and harassed her at remote police beat

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Evening Standard

Pilot attended private party hours before crashing stolen helicopter into Australian hotel

The pilot had been celebrating at a “private send-off with colleagues hours before the crash,” employers said

The Guardian - AU

Screaming, freezing, struggling to breathe: confronting Queensland watch house footage exposes anguish of children locked in isolation cells

Exclusive: Cache of videos obtained by Guardian Australia and SBS’s The Feed lays bare distressing treatment of teenagers – many of them disabled – in police custody

The Guardian - AU

How Queensland’s youth crime crackdown is forcing vulnerable kids into ‘brutal’ detention system

Concerns grow over police arresting children – some as young as 11 – accused of low-level crimes or bail breaches

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Couldn’t ‘help myself’: Queensland police officer shares sexist post weeks after ‘formal guidance’ over social media use

Queensland police service says the incident is being assessed by the ethical standards command

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The Guardian - AU

Queensland police service sacks First Nations advisory group after members refuse to sign gag clause

QPS said the body, comprising elders and community leaders, ‘was not meeting the purpose and original intent of the group’

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police officers face fallout after engaging with offensive social media posts

Exclusive: Acting inspector removed from role after ethical standards command investigation into high-ranking officers’ social media use

The Guardian - AU

Queensland’s new top cop Steve Gollschewski ‘not yet decided’ on independent police integrity unit as May deadline looms

Police commissioner casts doubt over future of body designed to end practice of police investigating police

The Guardian - AU

High-ranking Queensland police officers under scrutiny over offensive social media activity

Exclusive: Ethical standards command launches internal review as Guardian Australia unearths Facebook posts dating back years

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police employee accused of selling domestic violence victim’s personal information to ex-partner

Woman suspended from road policing command and charged with one count of stalking and four counts of computer hacking

AAP

Acting police commissioner says he's not a caretaker

Steve Gollschewski is set to become Queensland Police's acting commissioner but wants the job fulltime, saying he won't be a caretaker in the interim role.

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police launch internal investigation after officers fatally shoot man during ‘mental health incident’

Man declared dead at the scene in Mount Louisa on Sunday, with Ethical Standards Command to investigate the death

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