A recent Office of Police Integrity report shows that ‘random stop and search’ powers cannot be shown to reduce crime or improve community safety. The Summary Offences and Control of Weapons Acts Amendment Act 2009 provides police with additional powers in public spaces, including: random search powers (including strip searches) in designated areas; directing people […]
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It’s hard to see how something like the “free” bike scheme being launched in Melbourne is going to be at all successful. A report in The Age tells us that “users will pay a membership fee – $2.50 a day or up to $50 a year…” But, and here’s the killer, if a bike isn’t […]