LGBTQI advocates have called on the NSW government and NSW Police force to fully implement the recommendations of a special commission of inquiry into LGBTQI hate crime deaths.
A special commission of inquiry into anti-LGBTQI deaths has directed the NSW Police to conduct fresh inquests/ re-investigation into some suspected gay hate deaths in Sydney and conduct a review of all unsolved homicides in the state between 1970 and 2010.
The 1981 death of a 25-year-old Sydney-based gay man in a "frenzied" attack remains unsolved as crucial DNA evidence that could have nailed the killer was lost, a special commission of inquiry into LGBTQI hate crime deaths was told on Wednesday.