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‘Anywhere, anytime’: Victoria police and PSOs to get random stop and search powers after Labor backflip

The Guardian

PoliticsThe Guardian·Sep 16, 2026·1 min read

‘Anywhere, anytime’: Victoria police and PSOs to get random stop and search powers after Labor backflip

Premier Ben Carroll adopts Coalition’s stance on Jack’s Law, which gives police and PSOs power to randomly search people for knives with metal detectors The Victorian premie has made another policy backflip, announcing a re-elected Labor…

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