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COVIDPOLICING BI-WEEKLY ROUNDUP #8

June 24, 2020
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Welcome to our second bi-weekly roundup and the eighth since our project began taking reports.  To begin: COVIDPolicing’s open letter is now open requesting all Federal, State, and Territories to release data on COVID stops and infringements and was cited by SBS. The article finds that Victoria Police has almost five times the number of COVID fines than NSW Police. Debate has continued on...

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CovidPolicing Weekly Roundup #5

May 14, 2020
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As so many have stated before and during this current state of emergency, we cannot police our way out of this pandemic, and trying to doing so risks exacerbating inequities and further damaging already fragile human rights protections.

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COVID-19 Policing in Australia

This collaborative project aims to document incidents, reports, and examples from members of the public concerning COVID-19 policing, for use in monitoring and reporting, as well as legal advocacy and accountability. It is run by a group of legal and human rights advocacy organisations, backed up by a network of policing academics with a coordinator in each state.
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