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==== Victoria ====
{{Main article|Tasty nightclub raid}}
In the early hours of 7 August 1994, approximately 40 officers from [[Victoria Police]] took part in a raid at the Tasty nightclub in [[Melbourne]], a popular venue for [[LGBT]] partygoers. Over the course of seven hours, all 463 staff and patrons inside the venue were detained and strip searched, supposedly under the auspices of finding illicit drugs. Patrons were taunted by officers and forced to stand with their hands against the wall for long periods of time while this was happening.

A photo taken secretly during the raid was published on the front page of [[The Age]] newspaper several days later, with then Premier [[Jeff Kennett]] labelling the incident “extreme and disturbing”. A class action subsequently launched against Victoria Police was finalised in 1996, with more than 200 patrons who were present at time each being awarded $10,000 in damages.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Starcevic |first=Seb |date=27 July 2019 |title=The night Victorian police raided the Tasty nightclub |url=https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/the-night-victorian-police-raided-the-tasty-nightclub/news-story/6cf95e2b97ea011b2f9d38eff4c84f58 |work=news.com.au}}</ref> In 2014, Victoria Police formally apologised for the Tasty nightclub raid, with Acting Chief Commissioner Lucinda Nolan stating that it had “caused distress to people and had a significant impact on the relationship between Victoria police and the wider LGBTI community”.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 August 2014 |title=Victoria police apologise to LGBTI community for Tasty Nightclub raid |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/05/victoria-police-apologise-to-lgbti-community-for-tasty-nightclub-raid |work=Australian Associated Press}}</ref>