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Gay Sydney police officers seek compensation after winning anti-discrimination case

Four officers from Newtown Police Station were ordered to undergo drug testing because they formed a ‘close-knit group’ and frequented a gay bar

Four gay police officers will seek compensation after winning an anti-discrimination case against NSW Police because they were subjected to drug testing due to their sexuality.

The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal on Friday ruled in favour of Steven Rapisarda, Shane Housego, Christopher Sheehy and Christian McDonald, finding a superior officer was “motivated, consciously or unconsciously, to make the complaints ... by reason of their homosexuality”.

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