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Police appeal as CCTV shows men fleeing Oxford Street stabbing
NSW Police have released CCTV footage of three men sprinting down a street in Sydney’s inner city in a new appeal after the attempted murder of a man outside an Oxford Street nightclub this year. Shortly after 3am on Saturday, July 29, police were called to Oxford Street in Surry Hills after reports of a …
NSW gay hate crime inquiry extended after police delays
The deadline for New South Wales’ landmark LGBTIQ hate crime inquiry to report has been pushed back after police delays in providing documents and testing of new forensic evidence. Commissioner John Sackar, who’s heading the inquiry, earlier wrote to the NSW government to say the developments meant the inquiry couldn’t complete its work by 30 …
Survivor of homophobic stabbing at gay bar shares defiant message
A man stabbed in a homophobic attack outside a gay bar in south London has shared a defiant message and said he “could never be prouder” to be part of the LGBTIQ+ community after an outpouring of support. An attacker targeted two men, in their 20s and 30s, in a suspected homophobic crime near the …
‘Chilling’: Judge heading hate crime inquiry slams NSW Police
The judge heading New South Wales’ gay and trans hate crime inquiry has accused NSW Police of “shambolic” record-keeping and an unsatisfactory level of cooperation. The landmark inquiry is examining unsolved deaths in NSW between 1970 and 2010 which may have been LGBT hate bias crimes. After months of hearings, a final report from the …
LGBTIQ Liaison Officer Ben Bjarnesen to leave Queensland Police
High-profile Brisbane LGBTIQ+ Liaison Officer Ben Bjarnesen is leaving the Queensland Police Service after 15 years. The QPS Senior Constable said on Wednesday he’d made the decision “after much contemplation and reflection”. “I’ve made the difficult decision to resign from the Queensland Police Service, where I’ve proudly served for just over 15 years,” he said. …
Drag queen Tina Bikki calls out Oxford Street abuse
Sydney drag queen Tina Bikki has said NSW Police must keep up increased patrols on Oxford Street, after incidents of harassment and violence in the rainbow precinct. Tina said they were approached by a group of men while on a break in front of a nightclub club on April 23. The performer said security told …
Lost evidence could have held key to Sydney gay man’s murder
Police investigating the murder of Sydney gay man Gerald Cuthbert later lost crucial evidence that may have caught his killer, a NSW inquiry heard. The landmark Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes has begun a new public hearing in Sydney. Gerald Cuthbert (above) was found with 62 stab wounds and his throat cut …
‘No offence intended’: NSW Police backtracks at gay hate crime inquiry
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has written a letter of support to the Supreme Court judge heading the NSW inquiry into historical gay hate crimes after a tense clash between the force and the judge. The state’s first-of-its-kind special commission of inquiry is examining decades of historical suspected gay-hate crimes. For the past week, NSW …
Youth event at Pride Centre axed after neo-Nazi protest threats
A Melbourne youth service’s end-of-year celebration at the city’s Pride Centre was cancelled just hours before following vile threats from online neo-Nazi and anti-LGBTIQ+ groups. Glitter Nova, a LGBTIQ+ youth event by Stonnington Youth Services, was set for Thursday evening at St Kilda’s Pride Centre (pictured above). The event was promoted as a free youth …
‘Offensive’: Judge and NSW Police clash at LGBTIQ hate crime inquiry
The judge heading the New South Wales inquiry into historical LGBTIQ hate crimes has furiously dismissed “offensive” assertions from NSW Police at a fresh round of hearings in Sydney. The landmark inquiry, headed by Supreme Court Justice John Sackar, is examining dozens of deaths in NSW between 1970 and 2010 after a months-long review of …
