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Courts & crime, 1981

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

Court reporters' hollow victory

Tribune · Wednesday 1 July 1981 · page 4

Court reporters who faced possible retrenchments have returned to work with the threat averted…

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High Court supports BLF -- but government attack continues

Tribune · Wednesday 1 July 1981 · page 4

SYDNEY: Last week's High Court case which gave the Builders Laborers Federation (BLF) coverage of riggers at the…

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School syllabus taken to court

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 2 July 1981 · page 9

NEW YORK, (JCNS): The American Jewish Committee, together with other plaintiffs, has begun legal action against the State of Arkansas to prevent implementation of the so-called Creationism Act…

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WOMEN Absurd Economy Police raid abortion clink

Tharunka · Friday 17 July 1981 · page 15

The imminent danger for F.P.A. at present is closure, and its that they are trying to stave off. Some form of service is better than none…

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Shock Finding by West German Police Plo Trains Neo-nazis World Jewish Scene

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 23 July 1981 · page 13

KARLSRUHE, GERMANY (JCNS): Police here believe that the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) may be training West German neo-Nazis as terrorists…

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Uproar As British Police Guard Plo

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 August 1981 · page 10

LONDON: Embarrassed police and Home Office officals maintained a discreet silence last week as a row erupted over the provision of police protection to Nabii Ramlawi,…

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Police violence ends peaceful occupation

Tribune · Wednesday 26 August 1981 · page 3

CANBERRA: The violent eviction by police of unemployed people peacefully occupying the Liberal Party…

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Police Warn on School Parking

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 August 1981 · page 4

Waverley Police Traffic Branch has again called on parents of children attending the Yeshiva school and Kindergarten in Flood Street, Bondi, to obey parking regulations in the interests of child safety…

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Discriminatory job-stealing

Tribune · Wednesday 2 September 1981 · page 5

Melbourne: Liquor Trades Union Victorian secretary Joe Goddard said recently that expecting female clerical and secretarial staff to…

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Teachers beat Court's cuts

Tribune · Wednesday 2 September 1981 · page 4

PERTH: WA teachers won a big victory last week. The Court government hacked down and assured the State School…

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Court hearings on jail incidents

Tribune · Wednesday 16 September 1981 · page 10

SYDNEY: The Central Court of Petty Sessions is currently hearing evidence concerning summonses against ten prison…

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Joh beefs up police powers for Games

Tribune · Wednesday 23 September 1981 · page 3

BRISBANE: Proposed new police powers to deal with the 1982 Commonwealth Games have been described as "the basis of a police state" by forces ranging from the Council for Civil Liberties to the Liberal Party's state director Steven Litchfield…

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Holmes a Court's on a winner

Tribune · Wednesday 23 September 1981 · page 7

Perth multi-millionaire Robert Holmes a Court recently made a million dollars' profit by selling Swan Brewery shares to…

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Demo against police raids

Tribune · Wednesday 30 September 1981 · page 3

A demonstrator at a protest in Sydney's Chifley Square last Tuesday organised by the Ananda Marga makes a point on ASIO. Police last week raided Ananda Marga homes searching for bombs-- and found a traffic offender. Meanwhile, the Melbourne Age revealed last…

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Court Rules Rabbis Have No Rights in Israel State Policy

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 October 1981 · page 1

JERUSALEM: The Israel High Court has denied the legal right of the Israel Chief Rabbinate to determine State policy. The decision follows the recent P’sak Halacha (halachic ruling) against excavations in the City of David in Jerusalem last month by Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi…

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Court action possible on lands talks

Tribune · Wednesday 7 October 1981 · page 7

ADELAIDE: The SA Mines and Energy Minister, Mr Goldsworthy, could be facing a Supreme Court action by…

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Bike Theft

Tharunka · Monday 12 October 1981 · page 37

Dear Editors, As a student who has just had an uninsured bicycle stolen while at Uni., the question of increased security is very…

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Peace Process Will Continue Promises Egypt's New Leader Local leaders decry Anwar Sadat's murder

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 October 1981 · page 1

The Australian Jewish community has joined with world leaders in paying tribute to the memory of the late Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat, assassinated during a parade to mark the anniversary of the Yom…

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Youth 'riot': A media- police Blow-up

Tribune · Wednesday 21 October 1981 · page 3

SYDNEY: Last week's "riot" by 1,000 high school students in the western suburb of Mt Druitt was a media blow-up, according to local kids, adult residents and community workers…

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Maccabi Centre has "best" centre court

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 October 1981 · page 28

The tennis court at the Maccabi Sports Centre is fit for the best players in the world. This is not the opinion of a weekend social…

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