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Police failed to help dying man in custody, inquest hears
John Makai died two days after Victoria police left him unresponsive in a cell for five hours without proper medical care.
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Victoria adopts random knife searches despite expert warnings
Labor government reverses course to give police sweeping powers to search anyone for knives, ignoring evidence the policy doesn't work.
the Guardian · 1m