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The silent running of the lawyers
There are reports in today’s Daily Telegraph of a highly unusual development in police stations across NSW –lawyers running out of police stations, or not turning up when called, in order to avoid...
View ArticlePolice Critical Incident Investigations [Question Time]
This speech was delivered on 17/09/2013 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full debate online here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE: My question without notice is directed to the Minister for Police and...
View ArticlePolice Integrity Commission and Independent Commission Against Corruption...
This speech was delivered on 18/09/2013 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full debate online here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE [6.14 p.m.]: On behalf of The Greens I indicate that we do not support the...
View ArticleFirearms and Criminal Groups Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 [Legislation...
This speech was delivered on 15/10/2013 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full debate online here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE [3.21 p.m.]: The Greens support substantial elements of the Firearms and...
View ArticleFirearms and Criminal Groups Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 [Legislation...
This speech was delivered on 15/10/2013 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full debate online here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE [5.59 p.m.]: I appreciate the Government’s detailed response to the...
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Parliamentary inquiry into the Bowraville murders
Yesterday in the NSW Upper House David moved a motion for an inquiry by the Law and Justice Committee into the Bowraville murders. The motion is as follows: That the Standing Committee on Law and...
View ArticleMedia release: Police facing charges for assault of Roberto Curti must be...
With the DPP now stating there is sufficient evidence to charge four police with assault relating to the death of Roberto Laudisio Curti, the Police Commissioner must immediately act to protect public...
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Injured police get $133,000 while insurer pockets $100 million – policy...
Injured police have received only a tiny fraction of an annual $100 million that the O’Farrell government has wasted on a privatised death and disability insurance scheme they established in 2011. See...
View ArticleReview of police investigating their own a ‘whitewash’
A review into how police conduct investigations into their own behaviour has been described as a ”whitewash” after finding there was no need for a new independent body to examine serious incidents...
View ArticleInsurance company spying on stressed cops
Police suffering from post-traumatic stress claim the insurance company dealing with their cases are spying on them. LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Police officers spend their days exposed to the sorts of...
View ArticleDangerous Police Pursuits for Minor Traffic Offences: Time it ended in NSW
Data obtained by the Greens has found that an extraordinary 60% of all NSW high speed police car pursuits in 2013 were commenced as a result of traffic offences. A further 15% were due to failure to...
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Another dangerous NSW police pursuit and police must explain why it happened
Another dangerous NSW police pursuit has ended with innocent third parties in hospital and many lives put at risk and there is still no clear reason given by police about why they engaged in the...
View ArticleDeath in the line of duty: breaking the silence on police psychological injuries
This week’s Background Briefing on ABC Radio National covers the issue of post-traumatic stress and police suicides. My office has heard from many current and former police officers who have been...
View Article“Missing” letters from Metgasco finally released
Four “missing” letters from Metgasco Ltd to Government Ministers have finally been released indicating what Greens MP David Shoebridge has long been speculating, that a high level of political...
View ArticlePolice Critical Incident Investigations [Adjournment]
This speech was delivered on 17/10/2013 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the original contribution here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE [3.44 p.m.]: My office recently made a submission to the Premier’s...
View ArticleSurveillance Devices Police Reporting Compliance [Question Time]
This speech was delivered on 19/11/2013 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full speech online here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE: My question is directed to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services....
View ArticleLaw Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment (Arrest Without...
This speech was delivered on 19/11/2013 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full debate online here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE [8.13 p.m.]: The Greens oppose the Government’s Law Enforcement (Powers and...
View ArticleCrimes (Appeal and Review) Amendment (DNA Review Panel) Bill 2013...
This speech was delivered on 20/11/2013 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full debate online here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE [12.30 p.m.]: On behalf of The Greens I speak to the Crimes (Appeal and...
View ArticleQuestion without Notice to the Police Minister re Police Psychological Injuries
Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE: In directing my question to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, I refer to our previous discussions and point out that many police officers, who suffered psychological...
View ArticlePolice Consorting Powers [Question Time]
This speech was delivered on 25/3/2014 in the NSW Upper House. You can read the full debate online here. Mr DAVID SHOEBRIDGE: My question without notice is directed to the Minister for Police and...
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