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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1982

39 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

Big problems for Court's heir PERTH: Last Monday Premier Court handed over office to Ray O'Connor, a former Minister for Labor and Police

Tribune · Wednesday 27 January 1982 · page 3

Court, once a cornet player, and reportedly the son of a militant trade unionist, got out at a time when polls taken by…

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Court rejects case against Jailers

Tribune · Wednesday 27 January 1982 · page 13

SYDNEY: Last week's dismissal of conspiracy charges against prison staff members will force prisoners to act directly against…

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Court supports Reform rabbis’ rights to rites

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 January 1982 · page 19

JERUSALEM: The Israel Reform Movement has won a preliminary battle in its struggle for recognition, when the High Court of Justice ordered the Ministry of Religious Affairs and…

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Police provocation against Redfern's blacks

Tribune · Wednesday 3 February 1982 · page 3

SYDNEY: A police "special crime patrol" last Thursday night staged provocative raids on Aboriginal hotels in Redfern…

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Who killed Eddie Murray? SYDNEY: The Attorney-General should reopen investigations into the death of Eddie Murray who died last year in a police cell in the NSW cotton town of Wee Waa

Tribune · Wednesday 3 February 1982 · page 7

In December last year the coroner returned an open finding in the face of police claims that it was suicide. Now, Eddie's family and friends in the Aboriginal community are determined to follow it through." They called for white support groups to get behind their…

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Polish police disperse 3,000 protesters

Tribune · Wednesday 10 February 1982 · page 6

POLAND: On January 31, police fired tear gas and sprayed water to disperse 3,000 youths attempting to lay flowers and light candles at the foot of the Gdansk monument…

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‘Kangaroo court’ decision Kidron tells Contest

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 February 1982 · page 1

CANBERRA: The United Nations General Assembly is the largest collection of bigots and hypocrites ever assembled under one roof, Israel Ambassador Avraham Kidron said on Sunday. He was commenting on…

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Charged!

Tribune · Wednesday 17 February 1982 · page 6

Belgium: Mounted police last week viciously attacked 7,000 steelworkers demonstrating outside Parliament House in Brussels against the threat to jobs in Belgium's ailing steel industry. Photo shows one police horse colliding with a car…

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‘Nuns’, police join in spirit of Purim

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 18 March 1982 · page 14

Purim is traditionally a time for giving charity and for frivolity, but worshippers at the Purim service in Central Synagogue last Monday were somewhat shaken when three burly theatrically dressed “nuns” entered the synagogue at the start of the service…

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Old. police tribunal a "toothless tiger"

Tribune · Wednesday 31 March 1982 · page 3

BRISBANE: The tribunal to investigate complaints against police announced last week might spend more time…

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Maccabi’s hoopsters “hit” police for six!

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 1 April 1982 · page 32

NSW Maccabi men’s basketball team shocked NSW Police by beating them by six points in the City of Sydney A-grade competition, last week. It was Maccabi’s seventh…

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­Refuge conditions strike: Police attack workers

Tribune · Wednesday 7 April 1982 · page 4

SYDNEY: Police violently assaulted and sexually handled women who were protesting on the steps of Parliament House…

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WA police "cleared"

Tribune · Wednesday 14 April 1982 · page 6

Perth: Oliver Dixon, a former ombudsman who was appointed by the WA government to investigate allegations of police corruption, found recently that…

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New light on Caldwell murder

Tribune · Wednesday 28 April 1982 · page 7

KAMPUCHEA: British marxist scholar, Malcolm Caldwell was assassinated in Phnom Penh in December, 1978, shortly before…

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Gallagher sentenced

Tribune · Wednesday 19 May 1982 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Builders' laborers reacted angrily when the federal Court on Tuesday sentenced Builders' Laborers…

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World in focus Police chief resigns

Tribune · Wednesday 19 May 1982 · page 7

Chile: Chile's civil police chief resigned recently over a scandal concerning a psychopathic killer who murdered 10 people in…

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No evidence on Hilton case, court told

Tribune · Wednesday 19 May 1982 · page 6

SYDNEY: Police have no material evidence linking three Ananda Marga prisoners to the 1978 Hilton bombing, the Glebe…

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The Allen affair: big business links, police, politicians and organised crime

Tribune · Wednesday 19 May 1982 · page 16

The Bill Allen affair has revived debate on the links between organised crime, police, "respectable" business people, and politicians. Allegations include one of a $250,000 annual police corruption racket in Sydney's…

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General for police cheif

Tribune · Wednesday 2 June 1982 · page 6

CANBERRA: Federal police officers are concerned that the appointment of Major-General Ronald Grey as head of the…

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Health & Safety Bosses gel away with murder!

Tribune · Wednesday 2 June 1982 · page 6

SYDNEY: Employers literally get away with murder in the workplace, lawyer Mick Tubbs told a conference on workers' health and safety last Saturday. Work is society's most dangerous activity, yet the workplace…

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