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'Enough': push to drop charges against 129 protesters

Police are reviewing charges against scores of climate protesters who took part in a blockade of the world's largest coal port after allies were acquitted.

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NSW knife laws allowing suspects to be scanned without a warrant could be ‘abused by police’

Legal expert says wording of legislation is ambiguous and police powers need to be explicitly limited

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Experts slam ‘disproportionate’ NSW approach to pro-Palestine rallies as government threatens ‘full force’ of law

Human Rights Law Centre’s Alice Drury says response from police and government to rallies sets ‘very dangerous precedent’

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PM says Dutton playing politics on Israel-Hamas war response – as it happened

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Grandmother, 95, tasered by police in care home dies in hospital a week later

Dementia sufferer Clare Nowland, who weighed just 43kg, hit her head as she collapsed to the ground causing a bleed on the brain.

Daily Record

Police tasering of grandma sparks calls for reform

A 95-year-old woman with dementia who was tasered by officers in an aged care home has prompted advocacy groups to call for an inquiry.

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Woman, 95, Tasered by officer at Cooma aged care home, approached on walking frame with a knife, police say

Police said the officer’s duty status was under review, as civil liberties groups demanded an independent investigation into incident that left Clare Nowland in critical condition

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Woman, 95, fighting for life after being tasered TWICE by police in care home

Clare Nowland, a 95-year-old mother-of-eight, was found by staff holding a knife at her care home Yallambee Lodge, in southern New South Wales, in Australia

Daily Mirror

NSW woman to receive $18,000 after police looking into suspected Covid protest trespassed on property

Sanchia Romani awarded damages after officers ignored her ‘no trespassing’ signs in August 2021

The Guardian - AU

Protest outside George Pell’s funeral to go ahead after police back away from attempted ban

Community Action for Rainbow Rights reach an agreement with NSW police outside of court to march along modified route

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Climate activist who blocked traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge jailed for at least eight months

Lawyers for Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco, who stopped traffic for 25 minutes in April, say it is ‘outrageous’ their client was refused bail before an appeal next year

The Guardian - AU

Strict anti-protest laws may have encouraged mining conference to move from Melbourne to Sydney

Legal observers also say police in the eastern states have been visiting the homes of climate activists in the leadup to the conference

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Privacy fears over American data swap deal

There are serious concerns an agreement for more data sharing between American and Australian law enforcement agencies could go too far.

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