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S5 02 | The Fight For Victoria Street

07.12.2021 - By ABC listenPlay

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When Juanita moved to Kings Cross in 1970 to run a local newspaper, she didn't realise the suburb was about to explode… and that her street would be at the centre of it.

Keiran traces the response to multi-million dollar development plans and how protesters and residents groups clashed with hired thugs in a three-day street battle.

She meets with a protest leader who tells the terrifying story of being thrown in the boot of a car and kept hostage for several days.

Things ramp up further when the powerful union boss Jack Mundey steps in and imposes a series of green bans. An Aboriginal woman squatter loses her life in a suspicious fire.

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