Aged care
‘The system did this’: After Clare Nowland’s death, a reckoning on who polices the police
The death of the grandmother has shone a spotlight on a swath of policing issues, from oversight, their presence in aged care homes and the use of Tasers.
- by Michael McGowan and Perry Duffin
Latest
Don’t turn on police over Taser tragedy, says commissioner
Karen Webb says police can be trusted to investigate themselves, as the officer who Tasered an elderly woman is supported by colleagues.
- by Jordan Baker and Michael McGowan
Sister of man who died after being Tasered attacks police tactics
The sister of a man who died after being Tasered more than a dozen times said she was disappointed that problems within NSW Police highlighted by her brother’s death were still festering.
- by Jordan Baker and Perry Duffin
Opinion
Jobs
Big change to our economy will come at a cost, but only if we care
The proportion of our workforce employed in the care economy has gone from 2 per cent in the 1960s to 10 per cent today. About 80 per cent of these workers are women.
- by Ross Gittins
China makes urgent plans to care for 400 million elderly
The elderly Chinese population accounts for more than 13 per cent of the population. The government wants urgent solutions to prevent a demographic crisis.
- by Kevin Yao
Top cop approved statement omitting police use of Taser on 95-year-old grandmother
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said she viewed the initial media release, which was “not hiding anything” by omitting the mention of a stun gun being used on Clare Nowland.
- by Olivia Ireland and Michael McGowan
Exclusive
State Parliament
NSW government refuses to back calls for release of Taser investigation
The internal probe into how grandmother Clare Nowland was Tasered will join a long list of unfinished internal investigations by police.
- by Michael McGowan and Georgina Mitchell
Roberto died after being Tasered 14 times. It was supposed to change everything
After Roberto Curti’s death, guidelines on the use of Tasers were tightened. Experts and former police officers are baffled as to how a frail, elderly woman was Tasered.
- by Jordan Baker and Nigel Gladstone
Use of Taser on 95-year-old could breach police procedures
Police rules for Tasers say they should not be used on the elderly or someone of particularly small body mass, unless exceptional circumstances exist.
- by Jenny Noyes and Olivia Ireland
Editorial
Police
Taser tragedy cause for disbelief and disquiet
The Tasering of a 95-year-old woman suffering from dementia in a southern NSW care facility has tragically once again cast attention on the appropriate use of force by NSW Police officers.
- The Herald's View
Body-cam footage captured ‘confronting’ moment grandmother, 95, was Tasered
Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter said the entire incident was captured on the officer’s body camera and will now form part of a police investigation.
- by Olivia Ireland, Jenny Noyes and Perry Duffin