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QLD:Corruption watchdog called in over police funding chaos

A state's police budget is under fire after an independent review uncovered a looming $400 million deficit, triggering a corruption watchdog referral.

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Corruption watchdog probes police funding fiasco

A review has uncovered a $400 million hole in a state police budget with funds meant for frontline diverted elsewhere, triggering a corruption watchdog probe.

AAP

Queensland police recall 15,000 service-issued Glock handguns after discovery of fault causing multiple shots to fire

A malfunction was discovered during routine testing of the firearm, which is standard issue for QPS officers

The Guardian - AU

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Brisbane artist contacted by police over works that allegedly violate new Queensland hate speech laws

James Hillier, known as Nordacious, told he could face jail time for some of his designs made in support of Palestine

The Guardian - AU

Queensland police sued after officer caught describing Indians as ‘perverts’ while investigating rideshare driver

Exclusive: Racial discrimination alleged after police withdrew indecent act charge a year after officer was recorded talking about ‘fucking Indians’

The Guardian - AU

Who is Carol Kellaway? Ex-Cop Admits to Leaking Domestic Violence Victim's Address to Their Abusive Ex-Boyfriend

A former Queensland Police employee pleads guilty to leaking a domestic violence victim's address, sparking a national debate on data misuse.

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Queensland police missed two opportunities to prevent Kelly Wilkinson’s murder, inquest hears

Reported breach of protection order ‘fell through the cracks’ before Brian Earl Johnston killed estranged wife, coroner’s court told

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Australia’s masculine policing culture is failing women and children

Australian policing has been in the spotlight in the past few weeks.

The Conversation

Queensland police refused to discipline officer accused of domestic violence against pregnant partner

Police decided there was ‘no tangible benefit’ to conducting disciplinary action against the officer and opted not to investigate

The Guardian - AU

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

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

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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

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’

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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

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'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.

The Guardian - AU

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

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

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