Australian police and policing
News, comment and analysis on the Australian federal police (AFP) and state and territory police forces
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Bourke Street deaths: accused may not face trial until next yearExtensive police investigation means hearing for alleged killer driver Dimitrious Gargasoulas might come up only in 2018 -
South Australian man charged with detention and rape of touristThe woman’s ordeal is said to have begun after her alleged captor responded to her online ad seeking work in Victoria -
Robert Xie should get life sentence, prosecutor tells supreme courtJudge will sentence the 53-year-old on Monday for the murder of five members of the Lin family in 2009
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Police move in on homeless people and supporters at Melbourne campGroup chants ‘poverty is not illegal’ and holds up placards as police assist with attempts to relocate them to social housing
Guardian Comment Network The ABC's Ice Wars documentary is overblown and unhelpful