News and Events

06 February 2020 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

With the festival season upon us, so too is the debate over pill testing. David Smeidt reports for GQ Magazine

Data published by The Guardian reveals that NSW police performed strip-searches on 344 boys in the last three years (2016-17 to 2018-19). Young boys aged (11 to 17 years) accounted for 3 per cent of searches (344). Michael McGowan reports

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly strip searched in front of a shop window by two male police officers last month. Ugur Nedim and Sonia Hickey report for Sydney Criminal Lawyers

18 November 2019 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Redfern Legal Centre backs call to use strip searches for knife offences

On Tuesday 26 November, Redfern Legal Centre will be holding a free panel discussion about the use of police powers in NSW.

Sydney Criminal Lawyers spoke to Dr Sentas about the implications of the Rethinking Strip Searches by NSW Police report and why law reform is a necessary component of bringing about a change in police practice and culture. Paul Gregoire reports for Sydney Criminal Lawyers

11 November 2019 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NSW Police Release Sniffer Dog Procedures

Deputy coroner urges pill-testing trial, the scrapping of drug detection dogs at festivals and says strip searches should be dramatically curtailed. Michael McGowan reports for The Guardian

Children as young as 12 are being strip searched by police in Australia TV NZ reports