Australia’s masculine policing culture is failing women and children

Australia is not the UK. But the patterns are unmistakable. A culture of masculinity isn’t an abstract concept. It is visible in the tactical, coercive and militarised policing of protesters in Sydney. It is visible in the decision to scrap a specialist domestic violence command in Queensland while demand surges. And it is visible every time an officer who perpetrates violence against women is investigated by his own colleagues.