Boxing Training at Redfern Sydney

Superintendent Andrew Holland is a supporter of the boxing program.

NSW Police Superintendent Andrew Holland is in regular attendance at Redfern's boxing program. Source: SBS News, Jennifer Scherer

Sydney’s inner-city suburb of Redfern has a long history of tense relations between Traditional Owners and the police.


Ten years ago the community set about repairing that fractured relationship, with a program to empower its disenfranchised youth to choose a better path.

The Clean Slate without Prejudice initiative has been running for a decade. It started with a handful of police officers and young offenders, boxing out frustrations.


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