"Police to get new smh.com.au riot powers." Why now?

"For a future glimpse of Sydney, Tim Priest look back at recent events in Paris. No amount of mealy-mouthed rhetoric from the Government or tough talk from inexperienced police commanders is going to make the slightest bit of difference. This is a reality, not a prediction. Tim Priest, a former Sydney police detective, is author of To Protect and To Serve (New Holland, 2003)."

Piers Akerman "Premier Morris Iemma has failed to give his state the strong political leadership it needs to put an end to racial and ethnic division."