NSW

ICAC finds Masons and Foster acted corruptly in Wagonga land deals

By Chris Graham, September 27, 2012
TOP L-R: Fortunato "Lucky" Gattellari, Rod Medich, Vanessa Mason. BOTTOM L-R: Ken "KJ" Foster, Ron Mason Snr, Vivienne Mason.

NEW SOUTH WALES: Three former members of the Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council have been found to have corruptly accepted cash payments in exchange for trying to push through dodgy land deals in the NSW south coast town of Narooma.

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“Significant” developments in Medich case

By Tracker, July 23, 2012
Fortunato "Lucky" Gattellari.

NEW SOUTH WALES: The murder case against property tycoon Ron Medich has been adjourned once again but lawyers say there have been “significant developments” in the cases of his four co-accused.

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Orkopoulos staffer appeals court ruling

By Tracker, July 19, 2012

NEW SOUTH WALES: The whistleblower in the Milton Orkopoulos child sex case is challenging a Supreme Court ruling that the state of NSW was not liable for the conduct of the then NSW Labor minister.

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Aboriginal league star charged with murder

By Tracker, July 17, 2012
Family and friends arrive for Craig Field's bail hearing yesterday, on charges of murder.

NEW SOUTH WALES: Former Aboriginal NRL star Craig Field will remain in custody charged with murder, after a man who was allegedly king hit outside a NSW north coast hotel died in hospital.

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NSW Labor condemns federal party policy on income management

By Chris Graham, July 14, 2012
The annual NSW state Labor conference, staged at Town Hall in Sydney.

NATIONAL: In a sign that the political cracks are starting to appear, the NSW Labor Party’s annual state conference has passed a resolution calling on federal Labor to abandon compulsory income management across the nation, and instead direct funding to boost social services and job creation.

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Depression puts Naden under observation in Long Bay Prison

By Tracker, July 5, 2012
Malcolm Naden is escorted by corrective services officers after being charged and appearing at Taree Local Court earlier this year. (AAP IMAGE).

NATIONAL: Accused murderer Malcolm Naden is under observation at an acute crisis management unit at Long Bay jail.

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‘White trash mixed with black blood’: Toomelah bureaucrat sacked

By Chris Graham, July 5, 2012
The entrance to the northern NSW community of Toomelah.

NATIONAL: A NSW bureaucrat who allegedly told Toomelah residents their community faced a government intervention or a bulldozer has been sacked after posting what she believed was an anonymous online rant on Tracker’s website advocating the genocide of Aboriginal people and describing locals as “black blood mixed with white trash”.

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NSW youth court closure criticised

By Tracker, July 5, 2012
NSW Attorney General Greg Smith.

NEW SOUTH WALES: The decision to close a NSW court specifically set up for young offenders with drug and alcohol problems could lead to an increase in crime, a juvenile justice group says.

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Two years probation for teen shot in Kings Cross joyride

By Tracker, July 5, 2012
A screen capture of a video of the man taken after he was shot in the neck by police, and dragged from his vehicle.

NEW SOUTH WALES: One of two Aboriginal teenagers shot by police as they drove a stolen car along a crowded footpath in Sydney’s Kings Cross has been placed on probation for two years.

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The truth about Toomelah

By Tracker, July 5, 2012
The sign announcing the entrance to Toomelah.

NATIONAL: The tiny NSW town of Toomelah has made headlines, and once again it’s because of poverty and community dysfunction. CHRIS GRAHAM takes an in-depth look at the town, and a bad government policy that, above all others, has set the community back decades.

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