Cec Abbott News Today

40 years ago, the Herald spoke with three high-ranking Sydney policewomen, all equally adept at dealing with criminals and their “old school” male colleagues.

40 years ago, detectives posing as Coles executives had a dramatic shoot-out with a would-be extortionist in the Blue Mountains.

The rivalry between Australia’s two great cities is friendly, often passionate and never-ending. Melbourne wins on sport. The AFL Grand Final and Melbourne Cup beats the City to Surf and the Golden Slipper by some distance. In fairness, the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras just shades Moomba as a spectacle (although dressing as a chicken to jump into the Yarra as part of the Birdman Rally must surely soon become an Olympic sport). The detestable Abe Saffron, the man they called ‘Mr Sin’. Credit...

On June 23, 1983, I published a story highlighting the relationship between Bob Trimbole and a police officer he called The Gardener. In Sydney they went nuts.