Tasty nightclub raid

A class action ensued, resulting a total payout of around A$6 million to the complainants, and in 2014 Acting Chief Commissioner Lucinda Nolan apologised to the LGBTQI community.

The predominant sexuality of the events' clientele was well known to police, leading to intense speculation that the club was specifically targeted for reasons grounded in homophobia.

A photograph of the incident taken by a patron holding a camera which, in the darkness, had not been seen by police appeared on the front page of Melbourne's The Age newspaper under the headline "Hands Against The Wall".

The resulting media attention created a great deal of political controversy, as well as embarrassment to the police force and the Kennett government of the day.

[2] In November 1994, the deputy ombudsman published a report on the incident, which found that the police officers' actions were "totally unreasonable" and that the club "had been treated differently because of its gay clientele.

[4] Lawyer Anna Brown OAM, now CEO of Equality Australia, campaigned hard for an apology to the queer community for the raid.

Police-gay community liaison structures were put in place and in August 2014 the Acting Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police offered a public apology for the raid.