Australian of the Year

It's been overwhelming 2026, and I appreciate all those who have reached out with kind words and the thoughts of this nomination. The fight for justice continues.

HUMAN RIGHTS MATTER.

THE TRUTH MATTERS.

To the Office for Public Integrity (OPI), ICAC Reviewer, SAPOL Internal Investigation.

​RE: Internal Investigation Section reference: C2027-0102; 2027/000415

​To the Investigating Officers of the OPI,

​I am writing to formally report an egregious abuse of police power, intimidation, and disproportionate use of force by South Australia Police (SAPOL) officers, specifically identifying Officers Aron (or Aaron) and Zoe of Port Pirie Police Station.

​This complaint stems from a targeted tactical deployment at my residence involving three police vehicles—including one unmarked detective car—and five to six police officers. This alarming escalation occurred exactly four days prior to my scheduled Status Hearing on 27 July 2026 in the Port Pirie Magistrates Court.

​This deployment is not an isolated event but is directly connected to ongoing court proceedings (File Number: MCCRM-25-013689). In this matter, I am currently defending against charges that rely entirely on innuendo. The charges were engineered by serving and retired police officers, Kurt Gavan Slaven and David Kyriacou. They allege that a Facebook visual memory post of my deceased 14-year-old German Shepherd, Rossi, constituted a breach of an Intervention Order, despite their names not being visible on the post.

​I submit that the actions of Officers Aron and Zoe, alongside the accompanying officers, fulfill the criteria for the following civil torts and demand immediate independent investigation:

​1. Misfeasance in Public Office

​This tort occurs when a public official deliberately abuses their power or authority with malice, or with the knowledge that their actions are unlawful and likely to cause harm.

​The actions of the officers involved constitute misfeasance for the following reasons:

​Deploying five or six officers and three police vehicles (including an unmarked detective unit) to my home for a non-violent, administrative, or low-level summary matter is a deliberate and malicious abuse of police resources.

​This extreme show of force was executed just four days before I am due in court to challenge the legitimacy of charges brought about by their own SAPOL colleagues.

​The intent was clearly to intimidate me, abuse their authority, and interfere with the administration of justice ahead of my hearing.

​Furthermore, SAPOL officers have already been actively interfering with my defense by explicitly advising my key witness, Rhys Pasitchnyj, not to get involved in the court matter.

​This witness is prepared to testify to severe injustices, having firsthand knowledge of a door being kicked in at the property.

​2. Intentional Infliction of Mental Harm

​This requires proving that the conduct of the police was unjustified, outrageous, and specifically calculated to cause (and successfully caused) a recognized psychiatric injury.

​The conduct of Officers Aron and Zoe meets this threshold due to the following factors:

​The deployment of six officers to surround a 5-foot, 50 kg female is highly disproportionate, entirely unjustified, and tactically outrageous.

​The timing of this raid—deliberately executed in the immediate lead-up to a highly contested court hearing against police officers—was specifically calculated to cause extreme distress, fear, and psychiatric injury.

​Using overwhelming numbers and property damage, such as kicking in a door, to enforce compliance or intimidate a citizen who is actively exposing police collusion is designed to break the psychological resolve of the defendant.

​The ultimate, calculated objective of this continuous and disproportionate harassment is to push me toward the refuge of suicide. SAPOL possesses irrefutable knowledge of my profound psychological vulnerabilities—stemming from a documented history of police-led abuses—and is deliberately weaponizing this trauma to permanently silence me.

​3. Historical Context, PID Act Disclosures & Systemic Retaliation

​Furthermore, I must highlight that this recent escalation is not occurring in a vacuum. It is part of a documented, decade-long pattern of systemic retaliation. I have been actively reporting police malfeasance since 2014, where police misconduct was highly evident in the Gordon Tearonui Hamm homicide investigation, which was overseen by the Australian Federal Police.

​Commissioner Grant Stevens has been in charge of SAPOL since 2016, and throughout this tenure, I have been continually subjected to police torts. This systemic abuse traces back even further to when I was a minor and became a survivor of sexual assault perpetrated by police.

​Crucially, SAPOL has irrefutable knowledge of this police-led sexual abuse, as well as the severe domestic violence, subsequent police torts, and false incarceration I have endured. These matters are not mere allegations; they have been formal public records under the Public Interest Disclosure (PID) Act since 2018 and remain ongoing. The continuous, heavy-handed targeting I experience today is inextricably linked to my long-standing, legally protected history of exposing these severe abuses of power.

​4. Medical Context and Legal Defenses for Misinterpreted Actions

​It is imperative that the OPI and any reviewing authority consider my psychological state, which has been directly damaged by SAPOL. I suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a direct result of the aforementioned historical and ongoing police abuses.

​Consequently, should SAPOL attempt to fabricate further charges or maliciously misinterpret my trauma responses during this terrifying six-officer deployment, I formally place on record that any actions or statements of mine are strictly protected under the following legal defenses:

​Duress or Necessity: Any perceived threat or reaction was made because I reasonably believed I was in immediate danger of death or serious harm if I did not comply with or defend against an overwhelming, unjustified police force.

​Lawful Excuse: Any actions taken were strictly in self-defense, or to prevent a crime or harm to myself or others during an unlawful and intimidating police deployment.

​Lack of Intent or Recklessness: The prosecution must prove an intent to cause fear or recklessness as to whether fear would be caused. Due to my PTSD and the highly triggering nature of a heavily armed tactical unit swarming my home, the mental element of intent is entirely missing. My reactions are driven by trauma and self-preservation, not malice.

​No Threat Made: I argue that any words, gestures, or conduct used by me while in a state of severe psychological distress caused by police intimidation do not legally constitute a threat.

​Demand for Investigation:

​The prosecution is already attempting to use an Intervention Order as both a sword and a shield, hiding the protected SAPOL officers from cross-examination. Now, active duty officers are being used as a private, punitive force to intimidate me at my home. Why? Undisclosed.

​I request that the Office for Public Integrity immediately investigate Officers Aron and Zoe, alongside the chain of command that authorized this deployment. I require an independent review of the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) logs, police incident reports, and any internal communications connecting this raid to Officers Grant Stevens and David Kyriacou.

​I expect a prompt written acknowledgment of this complaint and outline of the next investigative steps.

​Yours sincerely,

Human Rights Defender & Legal Information Advocate

JD Candidate & Student Bachelor of Law

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BELOW:

Internal Investigation Section reference: C2027-0163