Australia’s masculine policing culture is failing women and children

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:24:09 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/australias-masculine-policing-culture-is-failing-women-and-children-276176>

"Australian policing has been in the spotlight in the past few weeks.

There were concerning scenes in New South Wales during protests against Israeli
President Isaac Herzog’s visit, while Queensland Police’s commitment to
curtailing domestic and family violence was queried when a specialist unit was
scrapped.

These issues might appear to be separate, but they both highlight a masculinity
problem within Australian policing.

It may be time for an Australian version of the United Kingdom’s 2023 Baroness
Casey Review, which exposed worrying behaviour and cultural issues inside the
UK’s Metropolitan Police Service."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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