Inadequate sentencing for assaulting police
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) is appalled by the decision to fine a convicted offender just $600 for assaulting a police officer. Read More
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) is appalled by the decision to fine a convicted offender just $600 for assaulting a police officer. Read More
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) condemns the actions of Summernats organisers which placed ACT Policing and community members at significant risk. Read More
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) welcomes ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr's establishment of an independent Board of Inquiry to examine the ACT Director of Public Prosecution's (DPP) allegations of misconduct in the R v Lehrmann trial. Read More
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) notes with disappointment the reduction of Medicare-funded mental health sessions from 20 to 10 to occur by the end of 2022. Read More
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) wholeheartedly supports a judiciary inquiry following the R v. Lehrmann mistrial, as reported in The Guardian on Thursday, 8 December 2022. Read More
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) broadly supports the Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 tabled by ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury yesterday in the ACT Legislative Assembly. Read More
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) welcomes the ACT Government's tabling of the Road Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2022, and the new laws targeting excessive speeding and dangerous driving in the ACT. Read More
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) eagerly awaits concrete details of (including a provisional timeframe for) the ACT Government's new advisory council, grandly announced in early October 2022 by ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury. Read More
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) welcomes the federal legislation of 10 days of universal paid Family and Domestic Violence leave, after a decade of campaigning by unions, associations and activists Read More
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) wholeheartedly supports the ‘Bets Off. Game On.’ campaign launched by ACT member for Murrumbidgee, Dr Marisa Paterson MLA, which advocates banning gambling advertising on television.Read More