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Read more about the article Perceptions matter in policing, especially when the stakes are high

Perceptions matter in policing, especially when the stakes are high

Comment by Greg Ray IF I were NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller, I would be furious right now. I would be really angry about the position my police force has left me in over the historical rape allegations against the Coalition Federal Government Attorney General, Christian Porter. It is well-known that Mr Porter named himself as the alleged perpetrator, strongly denying the allegations and also suing the ABC for publishing a report about them which did not name him. It is also well-known that the alleged victim had been communicating for some time with police over…

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Read more about the article Anzac Day hypocrites in government
Lost veterans: left to right, Shane Holt, Braiden Russell, Dave Finney.

Anzac Day hypocrites in government

Anzac Day is nearly here again. The time when Australia’s politicians grab their flags and put on their sombre faces to prove that they are true patriots who love their country and support the men and women who have worn the uniform and put their lives on the line for the government and the nation over the past century. Many of those politicians, I am sorry to say, are hypocrites. They are hypocrites because their actions don’t match their words. They weasel on about supporting the troops, but their support is sunny day support that melts…

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Read more about the article Captain Robert Huddle’s logbook: the epilogue

Captain Robert Huddle’s logbook: the epilogue

This rather melancholy epilogue to the logbook of Captain Robert Huddle - excerpts of which I have transcribed in other posts - finds the old seaman washed ashore in England, "a chronic invalid" on "a petty pension". The volume ends with a pasted-in photo of his residence in London in the year 1901: 63 Ravendsale Road, Stamford Hill. I have looked on Google Earth, and the building looks almost the same today. Robert Huddle's home in London, 1901. As the beginning to the end of this narrative I have attempted to set out in the preparatory…

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