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Courts & crime, 1975

49 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 3

Document Shows Pres. Kaunda Involved in Chitepo Murder

Tribune · Tuesday 27 May 1975 · page 9

Zimbabwean leaders revealed on May 15 the contents of a document which directly involved President Kaunda of Zambia in the assassination…

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‘Duty for Police’ Mr. Waddy warns on vigilantes

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 27 May 1975 · page 1

NSW Minister for Police, Mr. Waddy, has warned western area citizens not to take the law into their own hands by forming vigilante groups…

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Ustasha Bombing "Non-political" Say Police

Tribune · Tuesday 3 June 1975 · page 12

MELBOURNE: There was "no political motive" for the bomb blast in Footscray in the early hours of Sunday May 25, according to police…

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Fraser Is. Mining Lease Decision Wrong: Court

Tribune · Tuesday 3 June 1975 · page 4

MELBOURNE: About 550 staff members at Monash University have been on strike for the past three weeks in support of a log of claims. It includes…

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Court Action If Banned Book Not to Be Rewritten

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 June 1975 · page 11

JERUSALEM: Matti Golan, the “Ha'aretz” newsman whose book “Confrontation to Disengagement: Kissinger in the Middle East” has been banned by the censor, has informed both the censor and the Government that he will…

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Government 'sanctioning’ Arab terrorism, murder

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 June 1975 · page 7

By the Australian Government sanctioning PLO terrorism, skyjacking and murder it has failed in its international responsibility of promoting the ideal of a State of Israel and a Palestinian state living and working together for peace, according to Mr. Ian Macphee…

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Supreme Court Decision Angers Israel Rabbinate

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 June 1975 · page 10

JERUSALEM: A ruling by the Supreme Court has angered both Chief Rabbis of Israel and the Minister for Religious Affairs, Mr. Itzhak Raphael. All three have declared…

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Rosenberg Boys Demand Opening of Files on Judicial Murder

Tribune · Tuesday 1 July 1975 · page 12

June 19 marked the 23rd anniversary of the legal murder of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg by the United States Government…

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Theft From Parramatta

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 July 1975 · page 2

A thief broke into the Parramatta Synagogue Memorial Hall, and stole $440 in cash and…

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Synagogue Murder

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 July 1975 · page 10

VIENNA: A former Soviet labour camp inmate stabbed his wife to death and then hanged himself in…

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Not enough police to fight terror

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 17 July 1975 · page 10

JERUSALEM: In a warning against attempts to cut the police budget, the Minister for Police, Mr. Shlomo Hillel, said that the force did not have sufficient manpower and resources to fight terror…

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Court Backs Down on W.a. Strike Law

Tribune · Tuesday 22 July 1975 · page 3

Following the about-face by the Court government, the WA Trades and Labor Council, at a special meeting last Wednesday, decided unanimously to…

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Police Victimisation — A.l.s. Claim

Tharunka · Wednesday 30 July 1975 · page 10

Members of the NSW Aboriginal Legal Service in the West claim they are being victimised by police…

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Police Action Enquiry Ordered — Handling of case against four boys criticised

Tharunka · Wednesday 30 July 1975 · page 10

The NSW Minister for Police, Mr. Waddy, has ordered an inquiry into police handling of a case involving four Aboriginal boys which…

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Helsinki police halt pro-Jew demonstration

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 August 1975 · page 11

LONDON: Six women demonstrating in support of Soviet Jews in Helsinki at the opening of the European security summit conference last week, were taken away by police in a van. They included Mrs…

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Les Johnson Raps Qld Police Over Brutality to Aborigines

Tribune · Tuesday 19 August 1975 · page 12

BRISBANE: Bjelke-Petersen's police should be subject to inquiry on their brutality to Aborigines, Federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Les…

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Stealing From the Poor to Give to the Poor Something’s Rotten in the State of the Union

Tharunka · Wednesday 20 August 1975 · page 2

So it appears that the University Union is at it again, about to fleece the poor unsuspecting student another fifteen dollars a year…

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Political Police on Revolution "weakening of commitment to accepted methods, symbols and values."

Tribune · Tuesday 2 September 1975 · page 7

Tribune recently obtained possession of 16 ASIO documents written in 1971 and 1972, which give insight into ASIO's political views and estimates of the growing radical movement. The documents were made public by journalist Robert Mayne who handed…

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Police co-operation required

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 16 September 1975 · page 2

The planned extravaganza of Holroyd Community Arts Association — an all-day…

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Govt. Charged with 'Hypocrisy' on Un Troops

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 October 1975 · page 3

Charges of hypocrisy and deceit were levelled at the Federal Government last week over its stand on Australian units being included in the UN peacekeeping force in the Middle East…

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