Shane Patton addresses reviews Victoria police have investigated 680 staff over final 5 years
Benita Kolovos
The Victoria police chief commissioner, Shane Patton, simply spoke on ABC Radio Melbourne about sexual violence within the power’s ranks after the Herald Solar reported police have investigated 680 of its personal officers prior to now 5 years.
This included 90 members investigated over allegations of significant household violence, 270 over alleged predatory behaviour, sexual harassment or inappropriate feedback and 185 for alleged sexual assault or baby sexual offences.
Requested by host Raf Epstein if the figures have been appropriate, Patton replied: “Sure, it’s round that quantity.
And whenever you say officers, that’s all staff. So out of the 22,000 staff we’ve had over the journey, that might be public servants as effectively. However yeah, it’s an alarming quantity.
The commissioner mentioned nearly all of police investigated have been uniformed officers however denied there was a cultural situation in Victoria police.
This isn’t simply particular to police. I imply these varieties of offences – apart from the predatory behaviour, the place they’re leveraging off their workplace offences – they’re proper throughout the spectrum of the neighborhood. Am I making an attempt to defend that? No.
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Victorian police commissioner says power would abide by resolution if instructed to not march in uniform
The Victorian police commissioner, Shane Patton, instructed ABC Melbourne he didn’t perceive the considerations from Transgender Victoria about police involvement within the pleasure march and he can be “eager to listen to” from the organisation.
We all know sometimes we have now incidents, and have achieved over time. We are able to’t say that we’re good in that regard, however when we have now an incident, we try to handle it. We’ve acquired coaching about human rights, about respect, about inclusivity, about range. We help our staff who’re additionally a part of these communities. So it is very important us, and that’s why we’ve participated.
Patton mentioned the police have been nonetheless in discussions with Midsumma about their function on this yr’s march, scheduled for two February, together with whether or not police are allowed to march in uniform. He mentioned his view, and the view of the police pleasure community is they’d solely wish to march in the event that they’re allowed to march in uniform, however the power would abide by the organisation’s resolution:
In the event that they decide that they don’t need us to march in uniform, as a result of, for no matter purpose – the chance is simply too nice or there’s a sense amongst some members of the neighborhood that they don’t need us there – effectively, we’ll abide by that. That will be disappointing, however we’d abide by that.
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Transgender Victoria withdraws from Midsumma citing police engagement considerations
Transgender Victoria has withdrawn from the 2025 Midsumma pleasure march citing concern about police engagement.
Police clashed with protesters at last year’s march, the fruits of tensions over police taking part within the march.
In a put up on Instagram, TGV CEO Dr Son Vivienne mentioned it was a tough resolution to drag out however a neighborhood discussion board and survey revealed trans and gender numerous individuals have “a deep and pervasive discontent” about their interactions and therapy by Victoria police.
We urge Victoria Police to decide to systemic reform pertinent to pleasure, protest, public security and TGD human rights, together with complete cultural sensitivity training and steps in the direction of nuanced and gender affirming knowledge assortment.
TGV has suspended its involvement from the march for one yr, pending police accepting TGV’s requests for change.
Corpse flower about to bloom in Sydney’s botanic gardens
A corpse flower is about to bloom in Sydney for the primary time in almost 20 years.
The plant – the Bunga Bangkai, Titan Arum or Amorphophallus titanum – has the most important, smelliest flower-spike on the earth and flowers for simply 24 hours, as soon as each few years.
One in all them is about to bloom on the Royal Botanic Backyard in Sydney, anticipated to bloom someday between 15 and 20 January.
The gardens mentioned the plant grew round 20cm over the weekend. It said:
This would be the fifth time a corpse flower has bloomed on the Royal Botanic Backyard Sydney, with varied vegetation in our assortment beforehand flowering in 2010, 2008, 2004 and a double bloom in 2006.
Our reporter Henry Belot went alongside to take a whiff of a separate corpse flower plant in Geelong, which bloomed in November final yr:
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Patton says officers accused of wrongdoing will face disciplinary motion even when no prices
Shane Patton mentioned that “we’re making an attempt to do higher”.
We’ve moved a protracted, great distance, however I cannot stand for one of these conduct within the organisation. We are going to maintain them to account. Now we have achieved so, and we’ll proceed to do it.
Patton mentioned even when investigations don’t proceed to prices, officers accused of wrongdoing nonetheless face disciplinary motion:
The place a member of the general public wouldn’t be held to account, we maintain them to account in a self-discipline discussion board at a decrease commonplace of proof, as a result of we’re holding these staff to a excessive commonplace.
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‘We’re doing the whole lot we will as a result of this offending is abhorrent and has to cease’: Patton
Persevering with from our final put up: Shane Patton mentioned in 2015 Taskforce Salus was set as much as look into predatory behaviour dedicated by Victoria police staff.
In 2021, it was changed by the sexual offences and household violence unit, which he mentioned investigates essentially the most severe circumstances involving Victoria police staff.
We modified our insurance policies. We modified our procedures. Now we have stand alone processes. Now we have moved a great distance.
We’ve nonetheless acquired offending occurring, don’t get me flawed on that, however we’re doing the whole lot we will as a result of we realise one of these offending is abhorrent offending and it’s what we have now to cease. We’re holding cops to account. We’re holding different staff to account and, as I mentioned, have carried out a variety of various actions.
We have been the primary policing organisation in Australia to introduce such a specialist workforce … we have been ready to show these stones over and examine them.
Shane Patton addresses reviews Victoria police have investigated 680 staff over final 5 years
Benita Kolovos
The Victoria police chief commissioner, Shane Patton, simply spoke on ABC Radio Melbourne about sexual violence within the power’s ranks after the Herald Solar reported police have investigated 680 of its personal officers prior to now 5 years.
This included 90 members investigated over allegations of significant household violence, 270 over alleged predatory behaviour, sexual harassment or inappropriate feedback and 185 for alleged sexual assault or baby sexual offences.
Requested by host Raf Epstein if the figures have been appropriate, Patton replied: “Sure, it’s round that quantity.
And whenever you say officers, that’s all staff. So out of the 22,000 staff we’ve had over the journey, that might be public servants as effectively. However yeah, it’s an alarming quantity.
The commissioner mentioned nearly all of police investigated have been uniformed officers however denied there was a cultural situation in Victoria police.
This isn’t simply particular to police. I imply these varieties of offences – apart from the predatory behaviour, the place they’re leveraging off their workplace offences – they’re proper throughout the spectrum of the neighborhood. Am I making an attempt to defend that? No.
LA fires may push up Australian insurance coverage prices
Australians might need to pay extra for his or her dwelling insurance coverage, AAP reviews, as catastrophic fires within the US add to a rising record of local weather disasters driving up premiums.
Pure disasters have fuelled Australians’ insurance coverage prices past inflation, evaluation from the Australia Institute has proven. Even occasions on the opposite facet of the world, such because the Los Angeles fires, can nonetheless have an effect on Australia because the elements which improve the frequency and scale of pure disasters globally can even achieve this inside Australia.
This has left disaster-prone areas of Australia nearly uninsurable as protection turns into unaffordable, the Australia Institute senior analysis fellow David Richardson mentioned.
The rising quantity, scale and depth of pure disasters like bushfires, cyclones and floods – resulting from our altering local weather – is a world phenomenon which can impression insurance coverage premiums around the globe, together with right here in Australia.
The LA fires are a tragedy which could have international penalties for years to return.
PM says Coalition has ‘no plan’ to beat state opposition to nuclear initiatives
The prime minister has been criticising the Coalition’s nuclear power plan. Anthony Albanese instructed reporters you would “put the element of [the] coverage on the facet of an atom, as a result of it’s simply not there”.
The concept you’d cease the rollout of renewables supported by gasoline, that you’d say ‘do nothing till the 2040s’ after which we’ll provide you with nuclear reactors in numerous components of Australia … One of many websites that’s been chosen … at Liddell in Newcastle, it’s an earthquake zone. It’s an earthquake zone.
Albanese additionally mentioned the Coalition has “no plan” for overcoming the opposition in the direction of their plan:
[It’s] there from not simply Coalition governments in Queensland and the Northern Territory, however the opposition chief in Victoria, the brand new one, there’s a brand new rightwing chief there. They knocked off John Pesutto for being too progressive and he refused to again in [their] nuclear plan. Yesterday, the NSW Coalition [said they] don’t again in his nuclear plan, both.
He’s planning on doing it in locations that already have different initiatives underneath manner, like Liddell and Wyalla. So it’s unclear the place they’d really be, however that’s a debate that we’ll have within the election marketing campaign.
Mark Dreyfus on his technique to Israel right now: PM
On the lawyer common’s go to to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, Anthony Albanese mentioned:
Individuals often go to pleasant nations and there’s nothing shocking about that. [Mark Dreyfus] was resulting from go in October [but] resulting from what was taking place on the bottom there with assaults from the terrorist organisation Hezbollah, that go to didn’t go forward, then was deferred till January, and the lawyer common is, I feel, on his technique to Israel right now, and he’ll have a variety of conferences.
Albanese defends NBN announcement after ‘joke’ remark from Ley
Again to the NBN, Anthony Albanese criticised feedback from the deputy opposition chief, Sussan Ley, that yesterday’s announcement was a joke. He mentioned:
She known as {that a} joke. Nicely, what was a joke was pretending that copper was higher than fibre within the twenty first century. That’s what was a joke. And midway by means of their time period, they needed to reverse that.
The PM mentioned to the media pack in Nowra “think about what Covid would have been like for individuals on this neighborhood if we didn’t have the [NBN]”.
Simply think about the previous dial-up … you’d hear the buzzing going round and round and round, making an attempt to attach. It will have been so tough for individuals.
Albanese takes query on Australia Day
Taking questions, Anthony Albanese was requested whether or not he helps the proposal from Peter Dutton to power councils to carry citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day?
The PM mentioned his council does maintain them on Australia Day, and he can be attending the nationwide Australia Day commemorations in Canberra.
I hope Peter Dutton this yr makes the selection to affix the nationwide Australia Day celebrations in Canberra, that’s what I did because the opposition chief. That’s what I’ve achieved as prime minister and I hope as effectively he attends the nationwide Australia Day awards … It’s inspirational and I stay up for celebrating Australia Day.
Prime minister addressing media in Nowra
Anthony Albanese has been talking to reporters in Nowra and touting the advantages of NBN, after yesterday’s announcement.
Talking simply now alongside native MPs, asserting $5m for the Nowra riverfront precinct, the prime minister mentioned:
After we have been elected final to authorities, we created the NBN. I used to be the communications minister, rolling out the [network] in 2013. After which we had the absurdity of the incoming Abbott authorities saying we don’t want fibre, we’ll return to copper, they usually purchased sufficient copper to go around the globe not as soon as, however twice.
We want, in the case of the nationwide broadband community, to do it proper, do it as soon as and do it with fibre. And what this may do is full the rollout with this $3bn injection.
Bones being despatched to forensics after being positioned at Sydney seaside
New South Wales police carried out searches at South Cronulla and Wanda seashores yesterday, after bones have been discovered on the weekend.
Police mentioned crime scenes have been established at each places, and the bones have been being forensically examined to find out their origin.
It’s understood the search has been suspended and forensic outcomes might take plenty of weeks.
Queensland teenager charged with tried homicide following alleged grocery store stabbing
A Queensland teenager has been charged after allegedly stabbing a grocery store worker with a knife.
Round 5.22pm yesterday afternoon, the 13-year-old boy allegedly approached a grocery store employees member at Yamanto and stabbed her with a knife.
Police allege the boy fled the scene earlier than being detained by members of the general public close by a short while later.
First assist was rendered to the girl who was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital, the place it’s understood she stays in a vital situation.
The 13-year-old boy was taken into custody and has been charged with tried homicide. He is because of seem earlier than Ipswich Kids’s Courtroom right now.
Daniel weighs in on public spending debate amid Labor and Coalition spars
Zoe Daniel mentioned the federal government must be cautious about public spending feeding into inflation – however that this isn’t solely a federal situation.
I feel it’s apparent whenever you see state governments pumping cash into infrastructure that that doubtlessly can have an inflationary impression. That mentioned, we additionally don’t need the financial system to slide into recession.
So we type of have this actually delicate steadiness happening by way of the federal government really taking part in protecting the financial system out of that recession stream and fostering inflation on the identical time.
Daniel mentioned Australians are annoyed with how this has impacted mortgages, however “many individuals do perceive that a number of that has been fed by worldwide elements”.
Yesterday, the Coalition attacked Labor for a rise in public-sector staff, labelling it wasteful. Katy Gallagher mentioned the general public service “touches each Australian’s life a method or one other” and that “Peter Dutton and his group wish to return to the period of robodebt”.
Daniel accuses Coalition of intentionally throwing nuclear into combine as thought with little readability on prices
Requested if voters in her voters are open to the Coalition’s nuclear proposal, Zoe Daniel mentioned: “I feel they’re.”
She mentioned there are lots of small enterprise house owners in her voters who’re frightened in regards to the rising price of power, and that there was confusion proper throughout the nation as to what the very best method is to sort out prices:
I feel that that’s been a little bit bit deliberate on the a part of the Coalition, to type of throw nuclear in as an thought with out sufficient element or actual readability round what the precise prices are. It’s grow to be an actual ‘he mentioned, she mentioned’ dialog between the Coalition and Labor.
Daniel mentioned she has no ideological objection to nuclear however “I feel for Australia now, it’s too costly and it’s too sluggish”.
And in contrast to most different international locations, we have now different choices in renewables that locations just like the UK and France don’t have with solar and wind and to some extent hydro.
I feel the most important situation with the nuclear dialog is stalling funding in renewable power, prolonging the way forward for fossil fuels once we don’t have to, and making it actually tough for enterprise that works on actually long term time frames to truly construct issues like offshore wind.
Unbiased MP urges extra local weather motion amid interconnected cost-of-living disaster
The Unbiased MP for Goldstein, Zoe Daniel, was additionally on ABC RN this morning to debate local weather change – which she mentioned is interconnected with different points resembling integrity and economics.
I don’t suppose that you may divide that out and ignore it after which say, ‘Oh, effectively, are we going to try to cut back the price of residing, however in doing that, we’re going to ramp up fossil gasoline manufacturing’. As a result of I feel individuals in an voters like mine perceive that every one these items are interconnected, they usually discover these larger image points actually regarding, whereas they’re additionally grappling with how one can run their family on a day-to-day foundation.
She mentioned Australia wants stronger discount targets for 2035 – “which neither of the main events have placed on the desk” – and Australians have been trying on the Los Angeles wildfires with “collective horror”.
I feel largely individuals perceive the local weather change impression that’s inflicting that. However I additionally suppose that individuals are grappling with, effectively, how will we pay our payments on a day-to-day degree?
Daniel mentioned that she wasn’t “pumping up Labor’s document broadly over the past three years both”, however in the case of the Coalition’s document she doesn’t see “any actual change in [its] positioning on local weather coverage, on ladies and gender equality”.
