1964
Police Journal lead article
What must we do to get wage justice? was the lead article
in the May issue of the Police Journal. The story outlined
an Industrial Commission decision that disappointed the Police Association.
Letter to the editor
Police radar cars were being used as “revenue collectors”, according
to They stoop to conquer, a letter to the editor which appeared
in The Advertiser on April 21.
“I am aroused when I see police radar cars hiding behind bushes
and side streets on country roads,” the writer protested.
In its May issue, the Police Journal reported that: “Constable
Wisenhiemer would like to know who taught the cars to hide in lanes,
not to mention the clever trick of crouching behind bushes.”
Acknowledgement from abroad
Police Federation of England and Wales secretary, AC Evans, wrote
to acknowledge the appointment of Ralph Tremethick as Police Association
secretary, after the retirement of LB (Bob) Fenwick.
He added: “I am forwarding by seamail, a bound volume of the Report
and Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Police and I hope
you find this publication of value. There is no need to worry about
the cost of this publication; this is a service the Police Federation
are always prepared to do for their colleagues overseas.”
Overseas duty
Inspector Breuer, Sgt RP Giles, Constables BR DeBroughe, LT Haddon
and RE Hanisch were all selected for a UN police force in Cyprus.
Ratio increase
Australian Federation of Police Associations/Unions general secretary,
Mr FC Laut, wrote to all state governments to request that they bolster
their forces to allow for a ratio of police officers to members of
the public of 1:530.
1974
Vale
Kenneth Audley Stacey
Roy Gibbon Wright
Discussion items for meeting with Commissioner
- Single men’s quarters.
- Wudinna police station.
- Advertising vacancies.
- Pay office complaints.
- Disciplinary procedures.
- Internal public relations.
Association study
A Police Association study by Bruce Swanton involved the distribution
of about 500 member surveys.
Leave loading
Annual leave loading was introduced for all members – other
than shift-workers – at 17.5 per cent. Shift-workers received
20 per cent.
Association assistance
The association committee was asked to assist with members charged
with breaches of regulations and, in particular, the difficulties
of matters in which cadets were involved.
Caps left in cars
Members were still alighting from police vehicles without wearing
their caps. They were reminded that permission to remove headwear,
while in police cars, was only granted on the proviso that they put
their caps back on before alighting.
Union training courses
The Police Association of SA affiliates with the National Centre
for Trade Union Postal Courses to provide its members with trade union
training and courses.
1984
Police Journal lead article
Equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination was the
lead article in the May issue of the Police Journal. It was
written by NSW Police Force equal opportunity co-ordinator, Sgt Ray
White.
Awards
Reported in the May issue of the Police Journal was that First Class
Const Brenton Inglis and Const Neville Bone had been recognized for
bravery. The pair had rescued a woman and her daughter from a house
fire in Renmark in 1982.
The then governor, Sir Donald Dunstan, presented Bone with the Royal
Humane Society Bronze Medal, and Inglis with a Certificate of Merit.
Police removalists
The quiet achievers was the cover story for the May issue
of the Police Journal. It told of the hard-working police removalists
who, by truck, transported furniture for country police officers.
“The prime movers annually cover approximately 66,000kms and approximately
120 members are moved annually,” wrote Barry Squires, of Transport
Division.
“The best know of the furniture men, Geoff Browne, moved members
from every station in the State during his 20-year stint on the furniture
truck.”
Squires also outlined some of Browne’s “notable loads”. “One member,”
he wrote, “decided to take his gravel driveway on transfer so he packed
it in boxes, bags and cartons. (A)nother member took red sand to Maree
for his child’s sand box.
“Browney took a chicken coop full of fowls and secured it to the
chassis of the bull nose Bedford... unfortunately the centre plank
of the coop fell out and at intervals so did the fowls, arriving at
the destination with (only) two fowls.”
1994
Warning
Police Federation of England and Wales national chairman, Richard
Coyles, warned of the dangers of privatizing the police service.
Reviews
SAPOL conducted reviews on:
- Career structures of policing.
- Performance assessments.
- Changes to police regulations.
Police Journal lead article
Former Adelaide Crows coach, Graham Cornes, appeared on the cover
of the June Police Journal. In the accompanying story, The
Coach Speaks, by Brett Williams, Cornes expressed support for
police, and some strong views on law and order.
Superannuation
The Government introduced legislation to close the Police Superannuation
Fund to new entrants.
High Court appeal
Reported in the June Police Journal was that the Victorian
Government had applied to the High Court to prohibit the Industrial
Commission from hearing an appeal against the federal registration
of a national police union. The government aimed to “have the High
Court rule on constitutional questions” related to the case.
Deductions attacked
The SA Government attacked police union payroll deductions.
Average weekly police earnings
(full-time adult non-managerial)
| ACT |
$952.10 |
| Queensland |
$717.30 |
| Victoria |
$717.20 |
| Northern Territory |
$716.80 |
| Western Australia |
$706.80 |
| Australian average |
$696.80 |
| South Australia |
$693 |
| New South Wales |
$655 |
| Tasmania |
$653.50 |
