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Courts & crime, 1977

79 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4

Theatre ‘The Magistrate’

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 January 1977 · page 11

Pinero’s Victorian farce, presented at the Opera Drama Theatre, by the Old Tote Company, reminds one of their other light current fare: “Rookery Nook.” They are both stylish, well acted and decidedly dated…

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Court beefs up police state

Tribune · Wednesday 26 January 1977 · page 3

PERTH: The Court government has amended the Police Act giving the Police…

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Hawke in Japan Lang Hancock, Court attack talks

Tribune · Wednesday 26 January 1977 · page 3

PORT HEDLAND: As Tribune goes to press a union delegation is having talks with…

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Timor Murder Exposed

Tribune · Wednesday 2 February 1977 · page 1

"I have to take any opportunity to strike a blow for Greg. He always believed in truth but the Indonesian story of his death is a total lie so far. All we've done with Indonesia since is give them several million dollars in…

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Qld police 'Confessions' concocted

Tribune · Wednesday 2 February 1977 · page 3

BRISBANE: The State Public Defender Mr R Bavington last week told the Criminal Law…

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Tribune Cedar Bay Rad: Police Charged

Tribune · Wednesday 9 February 1977 · page 12

CAIRNS: Charges against Queensland police involved in last year's Cedar Bay raid nearly fell through when police failed to locate key witnesses. On August 29 a paramilitary police raid devastated…

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Fraser's Union Police

Tribune · Wednesday 9 February 1977 · page 2

It's taken Malcolm Fraser a year to get his industrial police force off the ground, and the reason's clear. As the Financial Review puts it "the Industrial Relations Bureau looks like…

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Fraser's Industrial Police

Tribune · Wednesday 9 February 1977 · page 1

"An effective return to penal provisions, a powerful industrial police force' type operation and an elaborate framework for settling disputes that would make direct action virtually…

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Zimbabwe missionary murder An insane act- but by whom?

Tribune · Wednesday 16 February 1977 · page 3

ZIMBABWE (Rhodesia): No matter who killed seven nuns and priests at the…

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More Powers -- Police

Tribune · Wednesday 23 February 1977 · page 11

BRISBANE: During the Criminal Law Inquiry last week Police Commissioner…

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Communards 'persecute police'

Tribune · Wednesday 23 February 1977 · page 3

BRISBANE: At committal proceedings in the Cairns magistrate's court, four…

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Th[?]hits Industrial Police Plan

Tribune · Wednesday 23 February 1977 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Victoria's Trades Hall Council last week called for a special…

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Nazi Assault Dismissed

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 24 February 1977 · page 3

MELBOURNE: The courtroom evidence of a former prominent member of the Australian Nazi…

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Labour Trapped in Court's Development Myth

Tribune · Wednesday 2 March 1977 · page 2

PERTH: The likely state of the parties in the newly-elected and enlarged Legislative…

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Police pushed baton down his throat

Tribune · Wednesday 9 March 1977 · page 11

BRISBANE: A Cairns magistrate last week described a policeman as "brutal, cowardly…

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The Victoria Police Trials

Tribune · Wednesday 16 March 1977 · page 5

No police officer has been convicted so far in any case arising out of the Beach Report on police corruption. Our Victorian Correspondent asked an…

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Industrial News If court grants less than 6 per cent Shop stewards call for national strike

Tribune · Wednesday 23 March 1977 · page 4

ADELAIDE: Four hundred shop stewards, job delegates and union officials last…

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Police Book Libels Jews

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 March 1977 · page 12

JOHANNESBURG: The public relations committee of the South African Board of Deputies is to “consider” a statement in a textbook in use at the South African police…

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Policing the Police Police Pr Campaign

Tharunka · Monday 4 April 1977 · page 3

A number of articles entitled “Policing the Police” have appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald. The first was on Monday…

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Teacher sacked as 'security risk' Will Inquiry lift lid off police corruption?

Tribune · Tuesday 5 April 1977 · page 6

SYDNEY: A teacher who testified for Michael Stojic, convicted bank robber…

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