NSW government announces inquiry into Sydney's unsolved gay and transgender hate crimes, murders
3 years, 1 month ago

NSW government announces inquiry into Sydney's unsolved gay and transgender hate crimes, murders

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The NSW government has announced an inquiry into brutal hates crimes committed against members of Sydney's gay community over 40 years. Key points: The inquiry will have the power to compel witnesses to present evidence Liberal MP and gay man Shayne Mallard said it was an emotional day He said there was evidence of at least 88 gay and transgender murders In July 1989, 25-year-old newsreader Ross Warren disappeared from Sydney's eastern suburbs. Committee Chair Shayne Mallard said there was evidence of at least 88 gay and transgender murders, though the number was likely higher. " "These crimes took place at a time when many in the community thought gay and transgender people were sick, perverted or criminals," chief executive Nicolas Parkhill said.

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New South Wales gay hate inquiry told it should not look at 'adequacy' of landmark police report
2 years ago

New South Wales gay hate inquiry told it should not look at 'adequacy' of landmark police report

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NSW Police Force has argued that examining the adequacy and methodology of its landmark report into historical gay hate crimes is not relevant to an inquiry into unsolved deaths. Key points: The inquiry this week is set to focus on NSW Police's changing approaches to the identification, investigation and recording of suspected hate crimes Its judge will determine whether the …

NSW gay hate inquiry told of violence, brutality during first week of public hearings
2 years ago

NSW gay hate inquiry told of violence, brutality during first week of public hearings

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Moments after a Sydney activist was bashed in what he believed to be an obvious gay hate crime in 1970, his attacker uttered a phrase he pondered for years: "No hard feelings, mate". The best and worst of times Sydney's first Mardi Gras in 1978 helped pave the way for a "blossoming of LGBT culture" in the 1980s. That campaign …

NSW inquiry to investigate 40 years of unsolved Sydney gay hate deaths
2 years, 8 months ago

NSW inquiry to investigate 40 years of unsolved Sydney gay hate deaths

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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has announced the most extensive inquiry into dozens of Sydney gay hate deaths that have gone unsolved in some cases for more than half a century. Key points: Gay hate crimes were rampant during the 1980s and 1990s in Sydney A parliamentary committee previously found police failed to investigate many suspected gay hate murders The upcoming …

Bondi Rise memorial honours victims of Sydney gay hate crimes during 1970s to 1990s
3 years, 2 months ago

Bondi Rise memorial honours victims of Sydney gay hate crimes during 1970s to 1990s

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Many of Garry Wotherspoon's friends had disappeared, and were presumed dead, during what he called Sydney's most "terrible decades". "It was part of life being a gay man in Sydney at the time, you were aware of the hate crimes … it could've been me, rather than the people I know," Mr Wotherspoon said. Mr Wotherspoon, left, says the 70s …

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