Wednesday, October 9, 2002

Just four weeks to go until Sydney becomes FABULOUS!
- Media Release

With just under four weeks to go until the Sydney 2002 Gay Games kick off, organisers today unveiled another component of the “fabulous” Opening Ceremony at Aussie Stadium on Saturday 2 November. Games organisers also announced that Tina Arena, one of Australia’s most successful pop exports, will join the performer line-up at the closing party, Farewell, on 9 November.

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Monday, September 30, 2002

Day of truth dawns for Pell and accuser
By Martin Daly - The Age

It is early morning in Melbourne and a man in his early 50s is sipping coffee, contemplating the upheaval he has caused the Roman Catholic Church.

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Turning Prahran Green
- MEDIA RELEASE

Dinesh Mathew, a long time social justice and environment advocate and resident in the district of Prahran has been preselected by the Greens for Prahran in the upcoming state election.

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Pell to face sex abuse inquiry
AAP

The inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse by Sydney Catholic Archbishop George Pell in the early 1960s is set to begin in Melbourne.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2002

Witnesses ask Pell's investigators to back off
By Martin Daly - The Age

Potential witnesses in the inquiry into allegations of sex abuse by the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, have asked a firm of investigators hired by Dr Pell's Melbourne lawyers to leave them alone.

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Private school party chaos
By Jeremy Calvert - AAP

About 500 Scotch College students were ejected from a chaotic private party at a Melbourne gay recreational centre last week.

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Tuesday, September 3, 2002

Ten more sports close for Sydney 2002 Gay Games
Media release

With two months to go until the Sydney 2002 Gay Games Opening Ceremony, it was announced today that ten more sports have been closed to registrations.

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Sunday, September 1, 2002

Gay student sues for discrimination
By Louise Milligan - The Australian

A GAY former student of a Melbourne Christian school is taking legal action under equal opportunity legislation, claiming the school discriminated against him because of his sexuality.

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Thursday, August 29, 2002

kd lang to thrill audiences at Sydney 2002 Gay Games
Media Release

Sydney 2002 Gay Games is thrilled to announce that one of the world’s most extraordinary singers, kd lang, will perform exclusively for Sydney 2002 on Saturday 2 November.

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Sunday, August 25, 2002

Mardi Gras woes are a cause for pride
Rodney Croome- The Age

The troubles surrounding Sydney's gay celebration are a sign of changes for the better, writes Rodney Croome.

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Fetish shop charges
By JEREMY CALVERT - Herald Sun

A MAN charged over an attack that left two employees of a leather fetish shop fighting for their lives appeared briefly in court yesterday.

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Accuser: I won't back down to bullying or smears
The Age

I'm respectable now, says archbishop's accuser after Roman Catholic sources set out to portray him as an untrustworthy crook. Martin Daly reports.

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Man remanded in custody over sex shop attack
ABC On-line

A man charged over an attack which critically injured two employees of a bondage shop at Abbotsford in Melbourne earlier this week has been remanded in custody.

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Fetishist attack not hate crime, say police
By Padraic Murphy, Orietta Guerrera - The Age

Police have played down fears that Wednesday's attack on two employees of a fetishist store in Abbotsford was a hate crime, confirming the assaults were most likely the result of a botched robbery.

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Unknown leads Democrats
By Annabel Crabb, Phillip Hudson - Canberra

The Democrats' national executive struck back to avenge fallen leader Natasha Stott Despoja, rejecting Aden Ridgeway as interim leader and installing her ally, little-known Western Australian senator Brian Greig as the party's temporary head.

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