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Kumanjayi Walker shooting inquest: coroner finds NT police officer Zachary Rolfe 'was racist' Coroner says Zachary Rolfe, who shot Walker in Yuendumu in 2019, used unnecessary force during five previous arrests

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Is Trump's plan to reopen notorious Alcatraz prison realistic? — BBC News Experts say the federal government would have to overcome enormous hurdles to turn Alcatraz back into a prison.

Why would anything about Trump surprise… yet still I’m shocked.

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Sex pest NSW cops targeted in major probe Sexual offenders and bullies in the NSW Police Force have been protected by a “boys’ club” that silences victims.

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The ARC Funded Policing Australian Popular Music project is seeking a PhD researcher to be based at the University of Sydney. While the successful candidate will be part of the project team, you will get to develop your own discrete related project.

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The dangerisation of drill music in Western Sydney: cultural signifiers, pre-crime policing and the decline of the presumption of innocence Despite Australian legal systems being underpinned by a presumption of innocence that reserves punishment for individuals found guilty of committing crimes, laws such as the Crimes (Criminal Organi...

In this article coauthors Harry Wynter, @aakallio.bsky.social , Toby Martin and @profjiojiravulo.bsky.social & I explore the policing of drill music through FOI and placing it in the context of historical colonial practices that constructed some music as a threat.
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Sam Kerr's not guilty verdict boiled down to three things The jury was left with just three things to consider after a week-long trial that spent hours examining a 34-minute police video and the hours that led to the words "stupid and white".

What a gross waste of resources that this case even saw a courtroom, let alone a jury trial.

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Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage

Reading this gives me some ease (and hope and determination) after the chaos of the last few weeks. #contentioussky #AcademicSky

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Excellent piece

Local gendered dynamics: a study of perceptions of risk in Australian high crime communities Perceptions of risk and safety are tied to local community dynamics, and these have implications for both women’s and men’s perceptions of risk. This paper draws on 8 community focus groups of 56 p...

New article co-authored with Chloe Keel out today in Gender, Place and Culture. Explores the gendered dynamics of perceived risk of crime victimisation.

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Been reading this Brian Eno bio of late. Musically, sonically and intellectually inspiring - though he had his foibles of course. Bio is beautifully written. #brianeno #popularmusic

trying this platform. By X, hello bsky