Haines, Trevor

 

Trevor Haines AO (1933-2023)

Trevor Haines AO completed his education in Law at the University of Sydney's Law School in Phillip Street, Sydney, in the 1960s. He became Under Secretary of Justice and then Secretary of the New South Wales Attorney-General’s Department. In this interview Trevor discusses his time in the AG's office, his contact with the Indecency Squad and the police lists that named the men picked up at the city beats. Gay hate crimes, entrapment cases, pedophile priest files and brushes with both NSW and Federal Police are covered, along with his social life, gay venues and his friendship with Dawn O'Donnell.

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HPride History Groupsexual abuse, priest affair, psychologist, law school, Phillip Street, University of Sydney, The Carlton, Pfahlerts, The Australia, Ushers, Hilton Hotel, The Rex, Clifton Gardens, Police, Leura, Attorney General's Office, Beats, Police Lists, Under Secretary of Justice, Boomerang Street, Hyde Park, Town Hall Station, Wynyard Station, James Fairfax, Pedophilia, Clergy, Catholic Church, gay hate crimes, entrapment, Wayne Evans, Institute of Criminology, Gordon Hawkins, Chameleons, Glebe, Dawn O'Donnell, Police raids, homosexual law reform, Neville Wran, Frank Walker, Anti-Discrimination Act 1976, Gerald Gleeson, Barry Unsworth, Michael Kirby, social dances, Petersham Town Hall, Leichhardt Town Hall, Trolley Bar, arson, fires, Kingsford, Yvonne Oakey, Norm Walsh, fire inquests, Annie, Annick, Abe Saffron, police bribes, Beer and Beef Club, Carlton Brewery, Capriccios, Special Branch, Vietnam, Protests, demonstrations, Federal Police, Pedophile priest files, cardinal, archbishop, vice squad, Indecency Squad