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Police strip-searches of festival teens were ‘unlawful,’ inquiry finds

Police strip-searches of festival teens were ‘unlawful,’ inquiry finds

A string of strip-searches by NSW cops on underaged festival-goers weren’t just objectionable and unpleasant, they were “unlawful,” a police watchdog has said. An independent inquiry has handed down…

By Lars Brandle - May 11, 2020
Police strip-searches of festival teens were ‘unlawful,’ inquiry finds

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Police strip-searches of festival teens were ‘unlawful,’ inquiry finds

A string of strip-searches by NSW cops on underaged festival-goers weren’t just objectionable and unpleasant, they were “unlawful,” a police watchdog has said. An independent inquiry has handed down…

By Lars Brandle - May 11, 2020
What do Sting, Nick Cave and Thom Yorke have in common? They’re dropping the grump and chilling with age

What do Sting, Nick Cave and Thom Yorke have in common? They’re dropping the grump and chilling with age

Late night U.S. TV is a strange concept. Here, you have a tightly-wound package of entertainment, led by a gregarious host and his band playing along, waiting for their cues. We get the full package…

By Lars Brandle - Jan 29, 2020
What do Sting, Nick Cave and Thom Yorke have in common? They’re dropping the grump and chilling with age

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What do Sting, Nick Cave and Thom Yorke have in common? They’re dropping the grump and chilling with age

Late night U.S. TV is a strange concept. Here, you have a tightly-wound package of entertainment, led by a gregarious host and his band playing along, waiting for their cues. We get the full package…

By Lars Brandle - Jan 29, 2020
Police sniffer dogs cost taxpayers an obscene amount of money

Police sniffer dogs cost taxpayers an obscene amount of money

It goes without saying (although, boy have we said it, and said it) that police hitting up music festivals with packs of sniffer dogs is a dangerous, exorbitant, and largely-ineffective practice.…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 19, 2017
Police sniffer dogs cost taxpayers an obscene amount of money

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Police sniffer dogs cost taxpayers an obscene amount of money

It goes without saying (although, boy have we said it, and said it) that police hitting up music festivals with packs of sniffer dogs is a dangerous, exorbitant, and largely-ineffective practice.…

By Nathan Jolly - Oct 19, 2017
Police slammed for needless Club 77 drug raid, which resulted in zero arrests

Police slammed for needless Club 77 drug raid, which resulted in zero arrests

Club 77 was the target of what has been slammed as a pointless raid on Saturday morning, as roughly 15 NSW Police saw fit to storm the small inner-city club with a sniffer dog at 2am. Despite the…

By Nathan Jolly - May 29, 2017
Police slammed for needless Club 77 drug raid, which resulted in zero arrests

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Police slammed for needless Club 77 drug raid, which resulted in zero arrests

Club 77 was the target of what has been slammed as a pointless raid on Saturday morning, as roughly 15 NSW Police saw fit to storm the small inner-city club with a sniffer dog at 2am. Despite the…

By Nathan Jolly - May 29, 2017
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