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NSW gay hate inquiry told everyday policing did not adequately respond to bias crimes

A former member of a disbanded NSW Police unit which investigated bias crimes complained to a colleague that the force had "fought every attempt" to integrate a hate crime response into policing, an inquiry has heard.

The special commission of inquiry is investigating unsolved deaths in NSW between 1970 and 2010 suspected of being the result of LGBT hate attacks, and is this week focusing on the police response and changes to how suspected hate crimes are investigated.

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