The Operation Watts report promotes the ideal that there is one rule for the governing class and one for everybody else. It effectively and deliberately shatters what is left of public confidence in our system of Government and seriously undermines confidence in our...

Red Shirts + Grey Corruption = Whitewash How are we to deal with miscreant Integrity units when they step outside the law? This State has a robust and effective legal system developed since Federation. We acknowledge that there are flaws; however, the 'system' has...

Red Shirts + Grey Corruption = Whitewash The Watts report into the Red Shirts and Branch stacking activities undermines a cornerstone of our democracy – the rule of Law. No one is above the Law, which is absolute; not an optional extra available to those in power. 'At...

Red Shirts + Grey Corruption = Whitewash OPERATION WATTS The Operations Watts report recently released on the joint investigation by IBAC and the Ombudsman's of the Red shirts and Branch Stacking matters makes for interesting reading. At first blush, a lot of costs...

24th July 2022 Safer exchange sites have been introduced to some Victoria Police Stations in metropolitan Melbourne's northeast. A concept widely used overseas, but an idea of which most of us were unaware. This is a significant and positive strategy Victoria Police...

19th July 2022 “An Improper Investigation” and “Police misconduct a dark cloud over conviction” were two headlines in Herald Sun 1/8/2020 – and both were misleading.  The real story lay in the small print:- “There appeared to be a culture of acceptance of the improper...

18th July 2022 In a democracy, the community rightly sees the Government as ultimately responsible for Law and Order; critical to that responsibility is the performance of the Police Force. In this current election environment, you can bet that all political machines...

16th July 2022 The acquittal of Jason Roberts for the murders of Senior Constable Rodney Miller and Sergeant Garry Silk in 1998 is disappointing, but the part that rips at our guts is that the acquittal was achieved because it would seem, the ineptitude of...

12th July 2022 On many issues, the CAA is in lockstep with the Police Association (TPAV), but sometimes that step is out of kilter a little bit, as is the case with the TPAV recent announcement as a solution to the dire staffing levels at Police Stations,  ‘New police...

10th July 2022 The so-called 'safe injecting' rooms are just part of the evil problem of drug  addiction and the long-term physical and mental health issues that the Government is not prepared to tackle. The CAA has long advocated targeting the business models that...