NSW parliament to apologise for mistreatment of 78ers a day after Fairfax masthead but NSW police are not joining the chorusThe Sydney Morning Herald has contacted the original Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras protesters,the 78ers, to offer them an historic apology for publishing the names and details of those arrested on its front page in 1978.
The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras took situation on 24 June 1978, or when more than 500 people assembled at Taylor Square for a public protest,during which 53 marchers were arrested and many reported suffering violence at the hands of police.
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Source: theguardian.com