Voters in key inner-city Victorian seats up for grabs in next month’s state election couldn’t care less about law and order despite the crimewave apparently engulfing their backyards, research commissioned exclusively for Crikey has revealed.
Law and order
Silicon Valley’s secret police squad
When the Gizmodo editor’s house was raided recently over the leaked iPhone, it was done by a shadowy outfit called the Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team. So what is it, and who’s in charge?
Portrait of Japan’s ATM con men
By assessing people arrested over ATM scams between January 2007 and April 2008, the National Police Agency built up a useful criminal profile.
South Australia: The Authoritarian State
The South Australian government’s new serious crimes bill could have been lifted straight from the statute books of any number of authoritarian regimes dotted around the globe, writes Greg Barns.
Media briefs and TV ratings
Stop press — Cat looks through fishbowl … Coals to Kerry … Age should credit its trainspotter … Last night’s TV ratings.
