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Former Liberal minister and Independent NSW member of Parliament Gareth Ward (40) was on Tuesday charged over alleged historic allegations of sexual abuse of a man and a teenage boy. Ward, member for Kiama, attended Oak Flats Police Station on Tuesday. The NSW police charged him “with three counts of assault with act of indecency, and one count each of sexual intercourse without consent and common assault”.The police case is that Ward allegedly indecently assaulted a 17-year-old teenage boy at Meroo Meadow in February 2013, and sexually abused a 27-year-old man in Sydney in September 2015.NSW MP Gareth Ward was charged on March 22, 2022, with historic sexual abuse of a man and a teenage boy.

A 76-year-old Melbourne man, who was arrested last year, for the suspected “gay hate” murder of Raymond Keam in a Sydney Park in 1987, was granted bail on a $1 million surety.Trigger Warning: This story discusses a gay hate crime, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Keam’s murder was among the spate of targeted killings of gay men and trans persons in Sydney and NSW between 1970 and 2010.

The NSW Police have apologised to  ‘78er Barbara Karpinski for ejecting her from the Sydney Cricket Ground stadium where she was watching the Mardi Gras parade on March 5. In response to questions from Star Observer, a NSW Police spokesperson issued the following statement on Friday: “The NSW Police Force is taking this matter very seriously and is conducting inquiries to determine why and how this incident occurred and ensure it is not repeated.”   “We apologise sincerely to the 78er who was asked to leave and to all 78ers and the LGBTIQA+ communities broadly. Our dialogue and communication with the LGBTIQA+ communities will continue to build on the solid relationship we have established together.”Barbara KarpinskiWhen Star Observer informed Karpinski of the apology last night, she thanked both the NSW police and Mardi Gras CEO Albert Kruger for their swift apologies, but she said that action rather than more apologies are needed. She said that although sceptical, she remains hopeful that communication and openness are the way forward.This is not the first time that NSW Police have apologised to Karpinski who was arrested as a schoolgirl in 1978.

Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Unit have submitted a brief of evidence to the prosecution in the case against Kiama MP Gareth Ward, in connection with two incidents of sexual violence against a man and a teen. The former Liberal MP has resigned as Families, Communities and Disability Services Minister and moved to the cross bench after the sexual violence accusations resurfaced in May 2021.“NSW Police have now submitted a brief of evidence to The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)

@nswpolice? Is officer J Smith (Sydney cbd) wearing a nsw police sanctioned uniform modification for Sydney Mardi Gras?#blaklivesmatter #mardigras #blm @prideinprotest @sallyrugg @jennyleong @GetUp @GuardianAus @vanbadham @MehreenFaruqi @CloverMoore pic.twitter.com/6IN9ieOdN0— AL (@UnionSlug) March 6, 2021Elsewhere in the country, Victoria Police has sanctioned the symbol, while Queensland Police have also moved to ban those among its ranks from wearing the symbol after images emerged online of

Three 17-year-old boys are set to face trial later this year in News South Wales for the murder of a 56-year-old Canberra man Peter Keeley. Keeley was a real estate agent, an auctioneer and past president of West Belconnen Junior Rugby League Football Club.

and exceed the current cap of 500 people at protests.

event for the protest almost 1,000 people have said they will attend and a further 3,000 have clicked ‘interested’.

reported on an interaction involving Senior Constable Mark Follington of New South Wales Police, and transgender woman Anya Bradford, which saw the woman pepper sprayed and left with a black eye and cuts to her wrist, after being unable to provide photo ID while at the Railway Hotel in Liverpool in May 2019.“The larger officer picked me up by the handcuffs, like I was on a leash, like I was a dog, then he dragged me out… laughing,” Bradford said. “My head hit the corner of the room and then he

event for the protest almost 1,000 people have said they will attend and a further 3,000 have clicked interested.

Operation Arkstone, led the Australian Federal Police, alongside NSW Police and other agencies which led to the arrest of an alleged child sex offender has blown the lid on an international paedophile network used to share photos and videos of child abuse. Following the first arrest made in February of 30 year old Central Coast man Justin Radford, on charges including sexual touching of a victim under 10 and producing and disseminating child abuse material, a further 13 arrests have since been

The NSW Government, including NSW Police and Senior Ministers, are attempting to stop the Black Lives Matter protest set to take place in Sydney this Saturday afternoon at Town Hall.

NSW homicide detectives have arrested a man as part of an investigation into the murder of Scott Johnson, a man who was killed in a suspected gay hate crime three decades ago.

The family of Scott Johnson, a man who was killed in a suspected gay hate crime three decades ago, has matched the $1 million reward offered by NSW Police to bring those responsible to justice.

NSW police removed three protestors from Sydney’s 42nd Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade after they attempted to block the official Liberal Party Float.

In another historic move, health and legal advocates are again calling on LGBTQI community members to tell their stories to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into gay and transgender hate crimes from 1970 to 2010.

By Mike Hitch