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Courts & crime, 1977

79 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 4

Police Bashed

Tharunka · Monday 11 April 1977 · page 2

Dear Sir, There is a thing known as black propaganda. This is where somebody writes an article or…

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Qld. Police Inquiry Cover-up

Tribune · Wednesday 13 April 1977 · page 11

BRISBANE: The Queensland government is in trouble again, this time over allegations that it prematurely…

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We won't cop Fraser's Industrial Police WA Labor

Tribune · Wednesday 13 April 1977 · page 4

PERTH: The WA Labor Party's state executive called on the federal government to drop its Industrial…

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How Industrial Police Bureau Will Work

Tribune · Wednesday 27 April 1977 · page 2

A smorgasbord of punishments for unionists who step out of line-that's what Eraser's Industrial Relations Bureau means if it becomes law. Its…

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South Africa... where the police commit the murders

Tribune · Wednesday 27 April 1977 · page 9

Where in the world could 175 policemen be convicted of culpable homicide (that's deliberate murder) or assault and still continue working? In South Africa, that's where…

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Helping hands Turkish Court Calls for Death Sentence

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 April 1977 · page 8

ISTANBUL: Two Palestinian terrorists sentenced to life imprisonment for killing four passengers, two of them Israelis, in a machine-gun attack at the airport here last August, may yet be sentenced to death. Turkey’s Supreme Court…

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Court gets $90,000- Blacks get nothing

Tribune · Wednesday 4 May 1977 · page 11

PERTH: Premier Court's office suite has been renovated at a cost of $90,000. It has decorative amber glass, stainless steel furniture and velvet covered chairs…

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High Court rejects Salemi appeal

Tribune · Wednesday 25 May 1977 · page 3

MELBOURNE: The High Court has rejected an appeal by Ignazio Salemi to remain in…

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Murder plot in W. Germany

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 May 1977 · page 11

DUESSELDORF: Warnings of a plot to murder two West German Jewish leaders, were contained in…

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Police — subject of Engel debate

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 May 1977 · page 19

An ex-policeman will suggest at a youth discussion, that the aura of authority in the police force tends to produce corruption and exploitation of power. He will discuss this point…

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Police act on street park worry

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 31 May 1977 · page 2

HOLROYD Council, along with many others, is still having problems with heavy vehicles parked in residential streets…

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Queensland Criminal Law Inquiry Police corruption, but inquiry proposes more powers

Tribune · Wednesday 8 June 1977 · page 3

BRISBANE: Bjelke-Petersen has quashed an inquiry into a police bashing a day after Police Minister Newbery announced it. The proposed inquiry was…

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Churches, Freedom, and Thought Police

Tharunka · Monday 13 June 1977 · page 8

The Executive Committee of the Australian Council of Churches called for the removal of Section 45D of the proposed…

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Police Violence: Product of Capitalism?

Tharunka · Monday 13 June 1977 · page 9

There exists a myth which is mistakenly believed by some people that the “problem” with the police forces in Australia,…

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Police watch Orana Park Broadcaster Council Briefs

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 14 June 1977 · page 5

MERRYLANDS Police will keep a closer watch on Orana Park, Merrylands after a series of attacks by vandals on park facilities. The extra patrols were…

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$100 bid on theft

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 21 June 1977 · page 8

MERRYLANDS racing driver, Craig Gibbs, is far from grateful to the person who stole his trailer but he will happily forget the incident if it is returned…

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Police convictions a “personal award”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 June 1977 · page 11

An ex-member of the police force recently claimed that police concentrate more on convictions than preventing crime. Mr John Bettens said…

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Underworld murder recalled

Tribune · Wednesday 6 July 1977 · page 11

SYDNEY: Forty people gathered in Victoria Street Sydney last weekend to commemorate the second anniversary of the murder of publisher…

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'West Australia becoming a police state'

Tribune · Wednesday 6 July 1977 · page 11

PERTH: Five maritime union members were served with summonses last week for their part in an "Illegal march" of maritime workers on June 15…

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Nazis Win in Court

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 July 1977 · page 11

WASHINGTON: The United States Supreme Court has overruled a decision of the Illinois…

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