NSW Police’s insular culture resists change and outsider expertise

June 11, 2026 — 6:19pm

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NSW Police has had a reputation for being a bastion of bullying, harassment, sexism, nepotism and inadequate mental health support, and has been accused of being out of step with the times. A review of police force culture has found those accusations to be well-founded.

As rapid technological advancement, geopolitical instability and the increasingly borderless nature of crime reshape society and generate new forms of criminality, the independent cultural review into NSW Police found our force remains a high-conflict workforce with a culture that’s insular and resistant to change, employees who are afraid to speak up and troubling levels of bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment.

The review, carried out by former Victorian equal........

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