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Sam McKeith

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Nsw gay hate crimes response needs co design mp | History Defined

An inquiry into historical gay hate crimes in NSW was highly critical of police processes. (Rebecca Gredley/AAP PHOTOS)

NSW's top cop has conceded police can do better on gay hate crimes a day after issuing an apology for failings detailed in a scathing inquiry into suspected LGBTQI-bias homicides.

Police Commissioner Karen Webb released a written apology for police failures highlighted in the 18-month-long special inquiry, which found gay hate bias was a likely factor in 25 of 32 suspected homicides from 1970 to 2010.

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