Councils’ bid to make public spaces safer

As authorities confront violence against women in Australia, experts raise fresh doubts about the utility of CCTV, often a key tool for councils.

22 October, 2018

Drone hijackings on police radar

Over the air apprehension.

11 July, 2016

Shoddy welding ‘will lead to deaths’

Shoddy imported steel warning.

6 July, 2016

Surveillance Nation: Who’s Watching CCTV?

Who’s watching Australia’s electronic eyes?

16 July, 2015

Lighting Council hits high beam on new LED standards

Calls to flick the switch on shonky suppliers.

11 September, 2014

Deep dig for answers on disused mines

Sustainable legacies actively sought

16 July, 2014

Emergency workers call Last Drinks

Doctors, nurses, paramedics and police officers have formed a potent alliance to push for regulatory changes to liquor laws to reduce harm and improve public safety. This is their argument. Every week, emergency service workers see innocent lives shattered at the hands of alcohol-fuelled violence. Every week another family somewhere in the country learns first-hand […]

20 August, 2013

New challenge to council CCTV use

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski A fresh row over how councils can use video surveillance and CCTV in New South Wales has erupted after moves by Local Government Minister Don Page to relax privacy regulations governing cameras encountered resistance from the Greens in the state’s upper house. The Greens have moved a motion that […]

28 May, 2013