New trauma, assault laws to protect emergency workers

New legislation boosts protection and trauma compensation for the nation’s frontline emergency workers.

24 March, 2019

Busting Loose: Hefty NSW cycling fines hit top gear

Hitting the pavement costs $106.

23 May, 2016

Fine time: NSW police to issue digital tickets

Scam police emails could become the real thing.

1 March, 2016

How an overhaul of NSW sex industry could help councils

Report wants new specialist police unit and brothel licenses.

17 November, 2015

We do need some education

Aussie schools Wear It Purple.

10 August, 2015

City of Sydney and Scotland Yard crackdown on filthy, illegal hovels

Sydney’s illegal accommodation networks are growing.

17 June, 2015

Drivers promised smartphone licences in NSW

Perrottet pushes digital advantage in state election campaign.

13 March, 2015

Urgent security review ordered after tragic Martin Place siege

Terms of reference include intelligence holdings and control orders.

17 December, 2014

Illegal guns a statistical black hole

Senate inquiry into illegal gun use and supply.

13 October, 2014

Opal Card data no shiny gem for NSW cops

Better places to snoop

17 July, 2014

Sydney CBD boosts surveillance network with Moore CCTV

By Paul Hemsley City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore is looking to boost the number of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras monitoring central streets as part of the council’s ongoing campaign to make the city safer after nightfall. After prominently backing the NSW Police crackdown on booze fuelled violence and disorder in some of Sydney’s […]

10 December, 2013

Byron Bay mulls midnight call for Last Drinks

By Julian Bajkowski The iconic New South Wales surfing mecca of Byron Bay has become the latest front in a growing push by community advocates and emergency services workers to cut after-midnight liquor trading hours to reduce incidents of alcohol fuelled violence that are giving the coastal town a bad name. A weekend community forum […]

27 August, 2013

Emergency workers call Last Drinks

Doctors, nurses, paramedics and police officers have formed a potent alliance to push for regulatory changes to liquor laws to reduce harm and improve public safety. This is their argument. Every week, emergency service workers see innocent lives shattered at the hands of alcohol-fuelled violence. Every week another family somewhere in the country learns first-hand […]

20 August, 2013