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| UpdatedThe PNG Acting Police Commissioner Raphael Huafolo says his force is addressing police brutality.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, law-crime-and-justice, police, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedA new report from Human Rights Watch has accused the Papua New Guinean government of failing to address police brutality.
Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, police, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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The Northern Territory Police are investigating allegations that a former Don Dale detainee, who says he was abused in youth detention, has received a death threat. The father of 14-year-old Kenny Rogan believes the threat has been made because of the chance his son will give his story to the Royal Commission.
Topics: police, crime, darwin-0800
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A man charged over two police pursuits in the Hunter Valley, has been found guilty of one, which happened on the same night as the death of a local police officer.
Topics: courts-and-trials, police, traffic-offences, newcastle-2300, greta-2334, north-rothbury-2335
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| UpdatedA Cairns police constable has been fined and convicted after being caught driving at more than three times the legal limit.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, courts-and-trials, police, alcohol, health, alcohol-education, cairns-4870, qld
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| UpdatedA man shot by police while allegedly armed with a knife and an axe in Willunga, south of Adelaide, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, willunga-5172, sa
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Heatwave conditions in Sydney prompt fresh concerns for the welfare of a 71-year-old Tasmanian man missing in the New South Wales capital for six days.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, police, woollahra-2025, sydney-2000, nsw, tas
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Topics: road, police, mildura-3500
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Topics: road, police, mildura-3500
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A Mildura father whose son was killed in a motorcycle crash calls for better resourcing in regional areas, after his son's body lay in place for 10 hours waiting for specialist investigators.
Topics: road, police, mildura-3500
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Topics: road, police, mildura-3500
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A West Australian man is sentenced to 12 months in jail for dealing methylamphetamine while working as an Australian Federal Police officer in the coastal town of Exmouth.
Topics: police, drug-offences, courts-and-trials, exmouth-6707, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWest Australian man Christopher Lobban has arrived in Florida to face child pornography charges, after losing a five-and-a-half year battle to prevent his extradition.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, united-states, perth-6000
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| UpdatedNorthern Territory Police puts on hold a decision to close the front counter at the Alice Springs station at night, following criticism it failed to properly consult before making the change.
Topics: government-and-politics, police, alice-springs-0870
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New South Wales police say they are concerned for the welfare of a Tasmanian man with dementia who has been missing in Sydney for the past four days.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, police, sydney-2000
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A 15-year-old boy is charged by police over a deliberately-lit fire at a school in Perth's southern suburbs, which left a damage bill estimated at $200,000.
Topics: arson, police, melville-6156, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPeople seeking late-night assistance at the Alice Springs police station will have to ring an intercom that connects to Darwin when its front counter closes between 7pm and 7am.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, crime, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedPolice search for two people after an attack in Brisbane's West End which has left a man with serious head injuries.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, crime, assault, west-end-4101
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Police in WA's Pilbara believe up to $300,000 worth of Coles vouchers handed out by Aboriginal corporations may have contributed to the worst spike in alcohol-fuelled violence they have seen in South Hedland in more than two years.
Topics: alcohol, assault, domestic-violence, police, port-hedland-6721, south-hedland-6722, wa
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| UpdatedPolice gather in a remote forest near the southern New South Wales town of Braidwood to mark 150 years since the worst mass murder of police officers in Australian history.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, history, braidwood-2622, nsw, act
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| UpdatedFootage shows a security guard 'choking' a man at the FOMO music festival in Brisbane.
Topics: events, carnivals-and-festivals, music, police, brisbane-4000, qld
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Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA 43-year-old Cairns woman accused of the death of her newborn baby more than 20 years ago is granted bail.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, police, crime, cairns-4870
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WA police warn thieves are stealing keys from the beach, gaining access to cars, then using navigation devices then to commit burglaries.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, cottesloe-6011, scarborough-6019
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| UpdatedRiot police and Victoria's critical incident response team are called to the youth justice centre at Parkville in the latest in a series of disturbances at the facility.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, parkville-3052, vic, melbourne-3000