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Temporary solution to Reconstruction Authority leadership

2 April 2024 - The NSW Reconstruction Authority is set to have a new Chief Executive Officer following the appointment of NSW Police Force Deputy Commissioner Mal Lanyon to the role. The current CEO, Simon Draper, will remain in his role as Secretary of the Premier’s Department.


Keli Lane now a political prisoner under contentious “no body, no parole” laws

22 March 2024 - Keli Lane has been denied parole under NSW’s new “No Body, No Parole” laws after the State Parole Authority stated it was unsatisfied in her cooperation with investigations. Lane has served more than 13 years in prison after being convicted of the murder of her baby on...



Minns defies civil society, expert consensus, crossbench, opposition, own government, to force through laws to jail children.

22 March 2024 - In an all night sitting of Parliament last night, The Minns Labor Government passed rushed, broad, and badly-drafted bail laws that will see vulnerable children and young people locked up.


Minns missing in action as Alternatives to Incarceration Report launched same day Youth Bail Laws move to the Upper House

20 March 2024 - Premier Chris Minns was missing-in-action today as the Alternatives to Incarceration Report was launched in the NSW Parliament. This groundbreaking report was released on the same day that the Labor Government’s controversial new bail laws, that would send more kids to prison, were introduced in the NSW...



Proactive policing is an abuse of power and racist

18 March 2024 - New reporting shows that First Nations people are almost 5 times more likely to be targeted for a body search in NSW than non-First Nations people despite police being no more likely to discover anything in either situation. The data shows that 90% of all proactive...


New bail laws will drive more cyclical crime; 500 justice professionals write to Premier Minns

18 March 2024 - More than 500 legal practitioners, community workers and academics working across the fields of law, criminology, social sciences and Indigenous studies have written to NSW Premier Chris Minns with grave concerns about the negative impacts of the Government’s plan to change bail laws in response to youth...



Strip searching children continues despite Minns’ review into the practice

19 March 2024 - Strip searching of children by the NSW Police and without guardians present has continued at the same rate as under the former Coalition Government despite the Minns Labor Government promising a review. Documents received under freedom of information laws reveal that the NSW Police have strip searched...


$45,000 fine for Forestry Corporation for unlawful logging

15 March 2024 - The NSW Forestry Corporation has been hit again for breaching environmental laws, this time with a $45,000 dollar fine for unlawful logging operations in Nadgee State Forest in the South and Bagawa State Forest in the North which was an operation that was personally inspected by Minister...



Environmental crimes set to see bigger penalties with a stronger regulator in NSW

14 March 2024 - The NSW Government is set to introduce stronger penalties for some environmental offences bringing them more in line with current costs, effective deterrence and community expectations. The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is set to be given more power to police environmental crime across industries and the state....


Go directly to jail; Minns Labor Government to throw more kids in prison

12 March 2024 - The Minns Labor Government is pushing through changes to bail and criminal laws that will result in more children being trapped in the criminal justice system and sent to jail. This is in defiance of the views of civil society, the International Convention on the Rights of...



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