Victoria Police unlawfully disclosed her pregnancy; Joanna Adams won at VCAT and speaks out for accountability
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Summary
Joanna Adams, whose husband was a Victoria Police officer arrested for using police systems to contact vulnerable women, had her pregnancy unlawfully disclosed by police to a witness in the investigation. She suffered severe stress and anxiety, and later experienced the death of one of her twin babies. Adams took her case to VCAT (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal) and won, and is now speaking publicly to fight for accountability and police reform.
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Joanna Adams was blindsided when, in 2021, she learned her husband Andrew Adams, a Victoria Police officer, had been arrested for using internal police systems to contact and instigate romantic and sexual relationships with vulnerable women he had met through his work.
Days later, a witness
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