Federal police


NT intervention: victims of avoidable tragedies

Police are victims of the dysfunctional communication systems of the Northern Territory Emergency Response as much as the Aboriginal people they are employed to serve, writes Claire Smith.

Time to bring the Crime Commission down a peg

Does the ACC have a practice of keeping dossiers on individuals its officers happen to come across in their travels, asks Greg Barns.

Evidence is in: Kevin Andrews must be sacrificed

It is a difficult task to ensure that protecting freedoms doesn’t destroy those same freedoms. Which is what has made the case of Mohamed Haneef such a dangerous failure for John Howard – the actions taken and the words spoken have given the impression that the Coalition Government is incapable of getting the balance right, argues Richard Farmer.