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Australian police and policing

News, comment and analysis on the Australian federal police (AFP) and state and territory police forces

November 2026

  • A man wears a T-shirt supporting One Nation

    Alleged attack on One Nation supporter not believed to be politically motivated, Victoria police say

  • A police van with facial recognition cameras on a mast, cordoned by yellow barriers at Mirrabooka

    Police use facial recognition to scan one million faces in WA trial leading to 122 arrests

October 2026

  • NSW police snipers in position for a community event one week anniversary of the Bondi attack in December

    Some NSW police are now armed with military-style rifles. And they could be deployed to protests

  • Krissy Barrett

    AFP boss says politicians’ heated rhetoric is fuelling threats against MPs

  • 16 year old girl shackled to a hospital bed in Western Australia.

    Indigenous girl, 16, shackled to hospital bed after being allegedly dragged through her home by police in Perth

  • Floral tributes lie outside Helen Haines MP's office, below a window portrait of her

    Labor, Coalition and crossbench MPs afraid at home and work after alleged attack on Helen Haines

  • No bail for alleged Helen Haines attacker as police chief warns of Australia’s ‘febrile’ political environment

  • ‘I forgot to pay’: Victoria’s premier Ben Carroll drives off without paying for petrol, sparking police inquiries

  • Bodycam video shows police officer shoving Herzog protester before ‘I punched him in the head’ boast

  • Kumanjayi Little Baby: damning report finds ‘heartbreaking’ child protection failures before five-year-old’s death

  • ‘Limited evidence’ of protester violence at Sydney rally against Herzog visit, police watchdog hears

  • Corruption, massacres or town gossip? The bid to unearth secrets a rural Queensland police officer took to his grave

  • Queensland prison where children self-harm to get transferred ‘more suitable’ than police watch houses: ombudsman

  • Unmarked graves
    Finding Roger Davies: how one sister’s search for her long-lost brother unearthed a state’s destitute burial failures

  • NSW police commissioner made last-minute bid to hold closed-door hearings into Sydney anti-Herzog protest

  • Queensland man charged with murder after three-month-old son dies from ‘significant internal injuries’

  • Australian leaders condemn pro-Palestine vigils planned for 7 October anniversary amid Jewish commemorations

  • Man shot dead after crashing car and allegedly pointing gun at NSW police

  • John Makai was unresponsive when dragged from a Victoria police van. Just one of many ‘shortcomings’ inquest has heard so far

  • Activists plan legal action against police ban on entering security zone near Perth weapons expo

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