With an inscrutable expression, a giant Kevin Rudd looks out over Cameron Road in Hong Kong, silently urging overseas Australians to vote in the election. Read more… My first, and only, picture byline. I took the snap while on holiday in Hong Kong.
NSW Police, a big group of teenagers and the ensuing riot
Catalogue of police blunders at party that was broken up Police tried to suppress details of their baton-wielding reaction to a teen dance event, but freedom-of-information laws have exposed the embarrassing details. Read more… I’ve had mixed results with freedom-of-information laws. On this ocassion I was able to get a…
Universities violate privacy laws
Two more useful freedom-of-information searches that came back with useful results about the way universities and the police interact. July 11, 2007: Uni lets police see personal records THE University of Technology, Sydney, has given police access to student and staff information during the past two years without the knowledge…
Bashings, robberies rife at city stations
RAILWAY stations in central Sydney are the most dangerous in the state. Passengers are most likely to be bashed, sexually assaulted or robbed at city stops, confidential police figures show. Despite a 2005 RailCorp promise to work more closely with police, there are an average of 18 crimes a day…
The high cost of being a police officer
In seven years 17 serving and former NSW police officers have committed suicide. In fact, more NSW police have died from suicide while on duty than from any other cause. These articles examined the traumas officers face on a daily basis and the challenge of making it acceptable for them…