The scandalous ties linking Australia’s High Court and government to Sydney’s criminal underworld have been exposed in sensational documents on controversial Labor politician-turned judge Lionel Murphy finally released yesterday after over 30 years of secrecy.
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The 4000 pages of documents reveal a web of brothels, hitmen, diamonds, Swiss bank accounts, meetings with US mafia bosses and dodgy deals done by the High Court judge and NSW Labor Premier Neville Wran.
Behind many of the dirty tricks was Sydney’s original “Mr Sin”, Abe Saffron.
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Before disgraced cop-turned-murderer Roger Rogerson and the Ibrahim family, Saffron was the charming and powerful “boss of the Cross” known for his nightclubs, gambling dens, corruption and standover tactics.
By contrast, Sydney-born Murphy, who died of cancer in 1986, was hailed as a judicial reformer. As federal attorney-general in the ALP government of Gough Whitlam, he established the Family Court, no-fault divorce and national legal aid.
But his long-rumoured seedy side and rogues gallery of mates have been confirmed in documents from a 1986 parliamentary commission of inquiry which was set up after he was cleared of two counts of trying to influence court cases involving his “little mate”, solicitor Morgan Ryan.
4000 pages it will take 6 months to wade through....let the lefty excuse roll....
