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September 2026

  • HOMICIDE
    The Wife Killing Spiv
  • POLICING
    Policing in the Northern Territory
  • MISSING PERSONS
    A Journeyman’s End
  • FIREARMS
    Ghost Guns: Firearms and 3D Printing: A Growing Threat for Policing
  • HOMICIDE
    The Strathfield Massacre
  • REFLECTION
    Patch to Patch
  • EDITORIAL
    True Blue
  • FORENSICS
    Forensic Botany
  • ROYAL PAPUA NEW GUINEA CONSTABULARY
    Air Wing: Taking Policing to the Skies
  • POLICE REMEMBRANCE
    The Patch Run
  • PRIZES
    APJ Prize Winning Articles for 2025
  • POLICE MEDALS
    Valour, Bravery and Courage
  • ANNIVERSARY
    The APJ at 80: A Curated Guide
  • APJ UNSOLVED
    What Happened to Eloise?

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The APJ at 80

A Curated Guide

Jason Byrnes APM

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September 2025

  • REMEBRANCE
    National Police Remembrance Day
  • VICTORIA POLICE
    Welcome to Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush CNZM
  • REMEMBER THE FALLEN
    Vale, Constable Keith Anthony Smith
  • POLICE MEMORIAL
    Blue Blood
  • CHILD EXPLOITATION
    Danger_33
  • ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
    Deadly Call of Nature
  • TERRORISM
    Armenian Terrorism in Australia
  • FORENSICS
    To Catch a Rapist
  • MOUNTED POLICE
    New Home for the ‘Police Greys’
  • HISTORICAL POLICE DEATHS
    Policing Australia’s Wild West
  • REMEBRANCE
    Vale, Special Constable Noel Johnson
  • AWARDS
    APJ Prize Winning Articles for 2024
  • BOOK REVIEW
    The Politics of Police Diplomacy – The Australian Experience
  • APJ UNSOLVED
    Reward for Frank Newbery’s Murder

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September 2021

  • HONOURING THE FALLEN
    National Police Memorial (NATIONAL)
    Senior Constable David Masters (QLD)
  • TECHNOLOGY ON THE FRONT LINE (WA)
    Frontline APP Developments
  • HISTORICAL (QLD)
    Our Guests – The People
  • ASSAULTS ON POLICE
    Assaults on Police Officers Research
  • HOMICIDE (NT)
    The Murders of Somjai Insamran and Phuangsri Kroksamrong
  • HOMICIDE (TAS)
    The Port Arthur Shooting Incident
  • DEATH (NSW)
    An Enigmatic Death
  • DEATH (SA)
    The Shaft
  • HOMICIDE (WA)
    Investigation into the Disappearance of Siti Bahyah
  • DEATH (VIC)
    Diving Fatality in a Submarine
  • PUBLIC ORDER (ACT)
    Parliamentary Riots
  • HOMICIDE (QLD)
    Operation Tulip – The Investigation into the Appalling Murder of a Newborn Baby Girl
  • DRUGS (COMMONWEALTH)
    Sea Chase – Pursuit and Capture of the Pong Su
  • HOMICIDE (TAS)
    The Search for Human Remains
  • ABDUCTION (WA)
    Almost Lost in Paradise
  • HOMICIDE (QLD)
    Emerald Loses its Gleam
  • HOMICIDE (VIC)
    For the Term of his Unnatural Life
  • HOMICIDE (NSW)
    Scientific Aspects of the Graeme Thorne Kidnapping and Murder
  • SEX OFFENDER (SA)
    Uncontrollable Urges
  • SEX OFFENCES (NSW)
    How to Handle a Flasher
  • SERIOUS CRIME (NSW)
    Justice Too Swift

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December 2014

  • HOMICIDE
    The Milperra Massacre
  • MOTOR CYCLE GANGS
    The Days, Months, Years and Decades that Followed, The Evolution of the OMCG Culture and Sphere of Operation
  • MOTOR CYCLE GANGS
    The Brotherhood of Bikers
  • MILPERRA MASSACRE INTERVIEWS
    Former OMCG Member
    Chief Inspector Sam Courcoulos
    Former Detective Senior Constable Michael McGann
    Former Senior Constable Greg McMahon
    Former Detective Sergeant Trevor Baker
  • OMCG ACTIVITY IN AUSTRALIA
    South Australia Police
    Tasmania Police
    Victoria Police
    New Zealand Police
    New South Wales Police Force

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June 2007

  • APJ AWARDS
    Presentation of Awards for Prize Winning Articles
  • KIDNAPPING
    The Ghost Catchers
  • HISTORICAL
    Did You Know? Sillitoe’s Tartan
  • HOMICIDE
    Nigel Stiffe Murder
  • FORENSIC SCIENCE
    Forensic Entomology
  • HISTORICAL
    Loose Lips
  • POLICE QUESTIONING
    Recommendations for Eliciting a Disclosure of Abuse from a Young Child
  • HISTORICAL
    In Search of the ‘Butcher’s Ridge Bandit’ – Alan Torney
  • COUNTER TERRORISM LAW
    New Defence Force Powers to Aid Civil Authorities and Related Matters – Part 2
  • POLICE ATTITUDE
    The Copper
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    Joanne Lees – My Journey – No Turning Back
    The Taxi Driver Killer
    The Rampage of Killer Kast
    The Thin Red and Blue Lines
  • CRIME
    Catch me if you can
  • POLICE FLAGS
    Northern Territory Police

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December 2006

  • NATIONAL POLICE MEMORIAL
    National Police Memorial Dedication Ceremony
  • POLICE – NEW ZEALAND
    Introducing Commissioner Howard Broad
  • IN MEMORIAM
  • HOMICIDE
    The Wickham Terrace Massacre
  • CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
    Who Do You Trust?
  • COURT APPEAL
    Walking Evil – ‘Fiend Will Die Behind Bars’
  • HISTORICAL
    Ned Kelly – The Murderer Unmasked
  • POLICE METHODS
    Strike Force Kamiri – Sexual Assault Investigation in a Remote Aboriginal Community
  • RAIL DISASTER
    Granville – The Day of the Roses
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Frontline Policing/ On the Beat and in the Bush (with Mr Bob)
  • POLICE METHODS
    CIRT – (Victoria Police) Critical Incident Response Team
  • POLICE EQUIPMENT
    Fuel into the Future
  • PAST AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL
    Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

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September 2006

  • ANNIVERSARY
    60th Anniversary Issue
  • HOMICIDE
    Who Killed Julie?
  • HOMICIDE
    Murdered Innocence
  • SEXUAL OFFENCES
    The Rydalmere Rapist – Opportunist or Gerontophile?
  • DEATH
    Hell’s Own Highway
  • HOMICIDE
    There’s Always a Clue
  • DEATH – SUSPICIOUS
    Mystery at the Bridge
  • HOMICIDE
    A Nightmare on Crown Street
  • COMMUNICATION
    The Guessing Game
  • FRAUD
    At What Price?
  • HOMICIDE
    Murder Never Changes
  • SEX CRIMES
    The City Stalker – Strike Force ‘Grahame’
  • POLICE MEDALS
    Australian Police Medals

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December 2005

  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
    Killer Found fit to Plead
  • POLICE – SOLOMON ISLANDS
    Introducing Commissioner Shane Castles
  • HOMICIDE
    History Repeats – Murder of Ronald Joseph Williams
  • BICYCLE THEFT
    The Bicycle Graveyard: From Little Things, Big Things Come
  • RECENT DECISIONS
    Sniffer Dogs: Evidence from over-keen pooch excluded
  • POLICE TEACHING
    The Manly Experience
  • GENERAL
    Chicken Thief on INTERPOL List
  • POLICE – VICTORIA
    Victoria Police Shrine Guards
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Victor Chang: Murder of a Hero
  • PERSONAL SAFETY
    ICE (In Case of Emergency)
  • POLICE POWERS
    New Commonwealth Laws Supporting Counter-Terrorism Measures
  • INTERNET – CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
    Child Pornography and the Internet – A Statistical Review
  • POLICEWOMEN
    Summary of 2005 Australasian Council of Women and Policing Conference
  • CRIME PREVENTION
    SHEDucation
  • AUSTRALASIAN POLICE MEDALS
    New Zealand Police Long Shrive and Good Conduct Medal

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September 2005

  • POLICE – NAURU
    Danger UXB!
  • POLICE – WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Introducing Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan – New Breeze blows through West
  • POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
    Cops! – Tribute to the Late Retired Detective Superintendent Ron Stephenson
  • POLICE MEMORIAL
    Proposed National Police Memorial in Canberra
  • POEMS
    A Soldier Died Today
    The Policeman’s Funeral
  • REMEMBER THE FALLEN
  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
    Introducing ACT Chief of Police Audrey Fagan
  • CRIME
    Infidelity can be a Dangerous Pastime
  • TRAFFIC ISSUES
    Driver busted with 26 people crammed in tray
    Man drives vehicle through procession
  • HOMICIDE
    Patricide – The Murder of Laurence Santos Snr
  • LAW ENFORCEMENT – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
    FBI’s Joint Terrorist Task Force Chicago and Milwaukee Field Offices
  • HOMICIDE (POLICE DEATH)
    Murder Most Foul – The Murders of Trooper Frederick Henderson and Others
  • POISONINGS
    Affairs of the Heart and Poisons
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    Milperra: The Road to Justice
    One Door Too Many – The Police Shooting of David Gundy
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    Divisional Vans (Victoria) and Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (AFP)
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    Queensland Police Service Medal

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June 2005

  • CRIME REPORTING
    Long Distance Crime Alert
  • NATURAL DISASTERS
    Tsunami – A Police Perspective
  • POLICE METHODS
    Crime Scene Investigation – A One Stop Shop
  • POLICEWOMEN
    NSW Police Celebrates 90 Years of Women in Policing
  • HOMICIDE
    The Purvis Hit (Unravelling a Contract Killing)
  • CRIMINALS
    Crooks! – The Infamous Darcy Dugan
  • POLICE – TIME MANAGEMENT
    Time Management Tops for Police
  • FIREARMS
    Punt Gun – An Old Relic
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    South Australia Police Service Medal

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December 2004

  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    New Police Vehicles (New Zealand and Solomon Islands)
  • HOMICIDE RESEARCH
    Contract Killings in Australia
  • ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
    A Tragedy on Two Wheels
  • POLICE POWERS
    Is a Police Officer Ever Off Duty?
  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
    Fighting Crime Together … 25 Years of the Australian Federal Police
  • CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
    Child Pornography in an Australian Context – the Problem, the Legislation and the Offenders
  • APJ AWARDS
    Presentation of Awards for Prize Winning Articles
  • HOMICIDE
    Justice Too Swift
  • POLICE – JORDAN
    Another Day in Paradise
  • POLICE WORK
    A Police Prosecutor’s Bad Day in Court – The Breast-Feeding Defendant
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    Australian Federal Police Service Medal

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June 2004

  • POLICE – AUSTRALASIA
    33rd Police Commissioners’ Conference
  • DRUGS
    The Role of Police in Supporting Illicit Drug Related Public Health Outcomes
  • TERRORISM – AUSTRALIA
    24-Hour National Security Hotline
  • TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
    Heading ‘Em Off
  • IDENTIFICATION
    The Bone Collectors
  • ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
    Death by Misadventure!
  • POLICE POWERS – AUSTRALIA
    New Counter-Terrorism Powers for Airports, Diplomats and Others
  • POLICE INTELLIGENCE
    Geographic Profiling Using CrimeStat
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    The Scent of a Crime
    Murder in the Rain – The Horror at Glenore Grove
    Beyond Courage – Second Edition
  • INTERNATIONAL POLICING
    ANZAC Day 2004
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    Northern Territory Police Service Medal

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June 2003

  • HOMICIDE
    Murder and Dismemberment
  • DRUGS
    Synthetic Drug Trends and the Mining Industry
  • DRUGS
    More than One Way to Deal with a Dealer
  • DEMONSTRATIONS
    Protecting the Right to Protest
  • STRESS
    Psychological Aspects of Stress
  • PROHIBITIVE WEAPONS
    Electric Shock Weapons – Stun Guns and Tasers
  • POISONINGS
    They Flypaper Poisonings
  • TERRORISM
    Terrorism 101
  • CRIME REPORTING
    False Reports in Stalking – Motivations and Investigative Considerations
  • CHILD ABUSE – RESEARCH
    Using the Internet as an Intelligence Tool for Child Protection Duties
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Islam in Australia
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    Police Vehicles – NSW Mini Cooper S
  • BADGE CALL
    Australian Federal Police Senior (Commissioned) Officers Cap Badge

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September 2002

  • NEW SOUTH WALES
    Introducing Commissioner Ken Moroney
  • SPORTS – SECURITY MEASURES
    Condemned to Success – Building the Security Overlay for the XXVII Olympiad
  • POEM
    I Am – Remembrance
  • TERRORISM
    ‘9/11’ – The World Trade Centre Attacks
  • HOMICIDE
    Where did we go Wrong?
  • HOMICIDE
    No Man is an Island
  • NEW SOUTH WALES
    The Job
  • BADGE CALL
    South Australia

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June 2002

  • POEM
    The Path of the Fallen
  • QUEENSLAND
    Introducing Commissioner Bob Atkinson
  • NEW SOUTH WALES
    Commissioner Peter Ryan Signs Off
  • HOMICIDE
    Operation ‘Aquatic’ – The Investigation into the Ulricky Conway Murder
  • WAR CRIMES
    Crimes of War
  • HOMICIDE
    Fatal Odyssey
  • CRIMES
    Tales from the Crypt
  • ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
    Never Ever Give Up – An Investigation into a Fatal Hit-Run Collision
  • HOMICIDE
    Who Killed Billy?
  • CHINA
    Chines Police
  • IRELAND
    Garda Museum
  • HISTORICAL
    Memories of a Probationary Constable – 1949
  • AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
    The AFP’s Dive Team
  • BADGE CALL
    Queensland Police Commissioned Officers’ Cap Badge

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December 2001

  • PRAYER
    The Police Prayer
  • NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Commissioner Brian Bates Retires
  • PUBLICATIONS
    US Research into Police Fatalities has Implications for Australia
  • E-CRIME
    Australian Policing Response to Electronic Crime
  • POLICE METHODS
    Zero Tolerance Policing – Firmness with Courtesy
  • SEX CRIMES
    Throwing Away the Key on a Serial Sex Offender
  • DRUGS
    Operation ‘Tendon’ – The Tiki Syndicate
  • HOMICIDE
    Friends
  • POLICE ATTITUDES
    When a Police Officer Dies – Part of Society Dies
  • OVERSEAS POLICING
    Australian United Nations Police Revisit Cyprus via Gallipoli
  • HISTORICAL
    You Can’t Beat the Cops!
  • POLICE REMEMBRANCE DAY
    National Police Memorial Given the Go-ahead
  • BADGE CALL
    Tasmania

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June 2001

  • AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
    Commissioner Mick Palmer Retires
  • POLICE PUBLICATIONS
    Intelligence in Brief: Promoting Knowledge and Officer Safety
  • RESCUE
    Federal Police Search and Rescue
  • FRAUD
    Art Fraud in Australia
  • HOMICIDE
    Joseph Thomas Schwab – Serial Killer
  • DEATH
    Vale – Sir Colin Woods (former AFP Commissioner)
  • LEGAL ISSUES
    ARPS v The Commissioner of Police (NSW)
  • OVERSEAS POLICING
    Cyprus – Should Australian Police Stay on the Island
  • HOMICIDE
    The Scent of a Crime
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    New Police Caps for Canberra Cops
  • VEHICLES
    Horse to Horsepower
  • BADGE CALL
    Victoria Police

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June 1999

  • HISTORICAL
    Police Mobile Laboratory Goes to its First Call
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    Major Incident Response Vehicle (MIRV)
  • SECURITY
    Private Security – Friend or Foe
  • FRAUD
    At What Price?
  • POLICE METHODS
    Criminal Profiling of Crime Scene Behaviours in Australian Sexual Murders
  • HOMICIDE
    Murder Never Changes
  • PSYCHIATRY
    Limitations of Psychiatric Evidence
  • POLICE METHODS
    Geographic Crime Analysis
  • POLICE WORK
    What Are The Odds …

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December 1998

  • POEM
    Me Last Words
  • CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
    Eyes of Evil
  • BALLISTICS EVIDENCE
    The Port Arthur Shooting Incident
  • POLICE MANAGEMENT
    Zero Tolerance Policing and Discretion
  • DEATH
    Boarding of the Brigit Maersk …
  • DEATH
    Does Anyone Care?
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Sins of the Brother: Definitive Story of Ivan Milat
    Emergency Preparedness for Transit Terrorism

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June 1996

  • HOMICIDE
    Murder – Ayers Rock Inland Motel Bar Carnage
  • AIRPORT SECURITY
    Tsutomu Takahashi
  • FRAUD
    Refund Fraud
  • POLICE METHODS
    The Sex Offences Unit
  • POLICE METHODS
    Wingfield’s Man-Eating Circus Lions
  • HOMICIDE
    There’s Always a Clue
  • VIP SECURITY
    Innovative Concept to Heighten VIP Security Consciousness: Factor X
  • CRIME – ASIAN
    Chinese Triads and Japanese Yakuza – How Dangerous is the Asian Mafia?
  • POLICE HEALTH
    To Hell and Back (Diary of an Alcoholic)
  • PATCH CALL
    New South Wales Police

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June 1993

  • POLICE DOGS
    The Long Paw of the Law
  • HOMICIDE
    A Back-Packer Tragedy
  • CORRUPTION
    Corruption Revisited
  • POLICE DOGS
    The Nose that Knows
  • LEGAL PROCEDURE
    Young Courage: Part 2 – Justice Takes Over

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March 1993

  • VALEDICTORY
    Constable Allan Wayne McQueen
  • HOMICIDE
    Young Courage
  • POLICE
    Future Direction of Policing in Australia
  • COMMENT
    Let’s Dispel Some Myths about Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

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