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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1977

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

Court covers up deadly dump

Tribune · Wednesday 31 August 1977 · page 11

PERTH: Labor MLA Mike Barnett last week accused the State government of deliberately trying to cover up dangers from radioactive waste dumped at Rockingham. "If any escapes", he said,…

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Police work film

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 6 September 1977 · page 8

MERRYLANDS West School will show a film of work of the police force hold a discussion about…

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Police and uranium ...from page 1

Tribune · Wednesday 7 September 1977 · page 11

Acting Premier Ferguson has announced an investigation into complaints…

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Police State: The real cost of uranium

Tribune · Wednesday 7 September 1977 · page 1

Those who want to mine and export Australia's uranium are prepared to trample over everyone who disagrees with them and if necessary impose a police state…

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Malice in Blunderland.... WARNING: — Any Person foolish enough to claim identity with any character in this story will be PROSECUTED in a court of law for attempting to corrupt an innocent little book

Tharunka · Monday 12 September 1977 · page 12

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Alice. Feeling rather tired of having nothing to do one day, she went out for a walk and what do you think…

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Wanted for Murder

Tribune · Wednesday 21 September 1977 · page 9

Black leader Steve Biko was murdered by the fascist apartheid regime in South Africa. His murder…

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Independence activists accused of murder

Tribune · Wednesday 28 September 1977 · page 9

TAHITI: Five men have been jailed pending trial for the murder of a French settler. The leader of the men is Charlie Ching, who has stood for…

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The Queensland Police State Arrested students forced to strip

Tribune · Wednesday 28 September 1977 · page 3

BRISBANE: Students and other protesters won the day with the "Right to March" protest last Thursday. When confronted by a wall of 300 police at the Queensland…

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World in Focus On the track of Letelier's murder

Tribune · Wednesday 5 October 1977 · page 9

UNITED STATES: According to crusading columnist Jack Anderson, Justice Department officials are "trying to figure out how to get…

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Timor News. . . .Timor News . . . Timor News Turning a Blind Eye to Murder

Tharunka · Monday 17 October 1977 · page 10

On October 16, 1975 Australian TV Journalists, Gary Shackelton, Gay Cunningham, Tony Stewart, Malcolm Rennie…

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Ss Men Face Murder Rap

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 October 1977 · page 11

DUESSELDORF: Evidence will be heard about the Second World War destruction of the Cracow Ghetto in Poland and the murder of some 19,500 Cracow Jews during the trial which opened last week in Hanover of three former SS…

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Thajeb Murder Role

Tharunka · Monday 24 October 1977 · page 9

The newly-appointed acting Foreign Minister of Indonesia, General Sjarjf Thajeb, bears direct responsibility for the…

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Bjelke's Police State Correction: Joh claims 418 more victims

Tribune · Wednesday 26 October 1977 · page 1

BRISBANE: "Brisbane today is what Athens was like under the Colonels". Some people may have considered those words an exaggeration when Senator In our last week's front page story the figure of 42 per cent opposed to uranium…

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Uranium Producers' Forum in Court

Tharunka · Monday 31 October 1977 · page 13

The newspaper advertisements claim that among other points, uranium is pollutant-free, that safety is assured and that the means for waste-disposal are…

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Police search for Dr Mengele

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 3 November 1977 · page 11

ROME: There is no evidence to date to confirm press reports that the wanted Nazi war criminal, Dr…

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Cafe youths 'harassed' by police

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 15 November 1977 · page 1

A WENTWORTHVILLE milk bar proprietor claims police are harassing children who frequent his shop. Mr Doug Pellatt said he…

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Vic. Court Declares Aus Levy “Illegal”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 December 1977 · page 4

The Australian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS) is studying the implications of a decision handed down in the Victorian Supreme Court Bast week, which declared compulsory membership levies of the Australian Union of Students (AUS) illegal. Irving Wallach, a…

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Police Chief in Underworld Link

Tribune · Tuesday 13 December 1977 · page 5

SYDNEY: The raid on the Forbes Club gambling casino was a hasty move on the part…

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Court action sought on hate booklets

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 December 1977 · page 9

LONDON: “Let My People Go,” a booklet asserting that the British people are dominated, discriminated against and persecuted by the Jewish community, is among literature submitted by the Board of Deputies’ defence…

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