Luna Park fire
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Crime
Grandson of Sydney’s ‘Mr Sin’ awaits US trial for $25 million alleged bitcoin Ponzi scheme
For about six years, David Saffron – fresh from running a bondage-themed strip club in Los Angeles – is alleged to have styled himself as an expert programmer and trader.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Latest
New attraction at Sydney’s Luna Park is a 21st-century thrill
A major new upgrade has been produced by teams who between them have worked on productions for ABBA and Marvel.
- by Michael Koziol
ABC’s Ghost Train doco unfair to Neville Wran
A review into a three-part ABC series on the 1979 Luna Park fire tragedy has concluded the program unfairly depicted former NSW Premier Neville Wran.
- by Zoe Samios
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ABC
ABC recruits Rodney Tiffen, Chris Masters to review Ghost Train series
A University of Sydney professor and a high-profile journalist have been asked to review Caro Meldrum-Hanna’s series into the Sydney Luna Park fire tragedy.
- by Zoe Samios
Million-dollar reward for Luna Park fatal fire as families wait 42 years for answers
A $1 million NSW government reward has been announced as part of a renewed appeal to the community to come forward with any fresh and compelling information that may assist authorities.
- by Laura Chung
Coroner asks police to review evidence around Luna Park Ghost Train fire
NSW Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan received an application for a fresh inquest from a person “with sufficient standing” under the Coroners Act and now has the capacity to consider that request.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Naked City
What happens when the baddies have the key to Sin city
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.
- by John Silvester
Investigation
Investigation
Luna Park fire: The files that linked a Sydney underworld figure to a tragedy
A 2007 Herald investigation revealed links between underworld figure Abe Saffron and the 1979 ghost train fire that killed seven people.
Investigation
Flashback
King of the Cross: Sydney crime boss Abe Saffron’s secret friends and properties
Nine months after the death of “Mr Sin”, investigative reporter Kate McClymont revealed the truth about Abe Saffron’s crimes ... and his very powerful friends.
- by Kate McClymont
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