Australia’s love of cops

This is a story about Australia’s psyche and the way our connection to policing makes us unique. During this pandemic, police have been handed unprecedented new powers, in stark contrast to the response elsewhere in the word. Today, Osman Faruqi on the nexus between police, politicians and the media.   Guest: Editor of 7am, Osman Faruqi. Background reading: Policing as part of the national psyche in The Saturday Paper See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.