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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Underbelly : The Golden Mile
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'The cops were bent and the crims were cool. And together they ran the most exciting street in Australia. Strippers, gamblers, gunmen, dealers, bouncers, bagmen - they all came to the Golden Mile.

'A smart and sexy young Kim Hollingsworth, smiling teenage Kings Cross identity Johnny Ibrahim, the Bayeh Brothers, Trevor Haken, Chook Fowler ... the Golden Mile was their playground, and they played like there was no tomorrow.

'Then, in 1995, 'tomorrow' came and the Wood Royal Commission cleaned out the Black Empire within the NSW Police. But it left behind a mess that took years of mayhem to bring under control.

'Underbelly: The Golden Mile is the story of the excesses of the empire, the collapse of the empire, the chaos that followed, and the ultimate victory of strong and honest police ... seen through the eyes of some of the most sexy, charming, corrupt and deadly people of the time.'

Source: Publisher's website.

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Reel Bad Lebs Michael Mohammed Ahmad , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 5 December no. 94 2019;
'Up until I was nine years old, my favourite film was Blood Sport. Frank Dux, who was played by Van Damme in the prime of his career, competed against the world’s best fighters in the underground martial arts tournament called the Kumite. Early in the film, a brown-skinned man in a traditional Saudi headdress named Hossein tries to force the white female lead, Janice, upstairs to his hotel room for an ‘interview’. When she refuses, Hossein raises his open hand to slap her. Fortunately, Frank Dux intervenes, grabbing Hossein’s arm and winning a bet against him, which spares the blonde-haired damsel from imminent physical and sexual assault. As a result, Frank gets the girl the consensual way – they take a friendly walk, making fun of Hossein as they meander, they have a romantic dinner and then they head back to Frank’s hotel room for a wholesome night of procreation.' (Introduction)
Happy to Swap Fear for Fury Elissa Blake , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 6 May 2012; (p. 13)
Among the Elite Andrew Fenton , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 February 2012; (p. 11)
Underbelly Is Disgraceful, Says Former Judge Tim Dick , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 April 2010; (p. 3)
Former New South Wales Royal Commissioner tells Tim Dick that television programs such as Underbelly: The Golden Mile glamorise crime.
New Series of Underbelly Murders Its Rivals in TV Ratings Katherine Field , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 April 2010; (p. 4)
Death of a Culture Graeme Blundell , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 February 2010; (p. 27-28)

— Review of Underbelly : The Golden Mile Felicity Packard , Peter Gawler , Kris Mrksa , Greg Haddrick , 2010 series - publisher film/TV
Underbelly Goes Dead Flat in Its Third Series James Joyce , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 April 2010; (p. 5)

— Review of Underbelly : The Golden Mile Felicity Packard , Peter Gawler , Kris Mrksa , Greg Haddrick , 2010 series - publisher film/TV
Spoiled for Choice Graeme Blundell , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 April 2010; (p. 27-28)

— Review of Underbelly : The Golden Mile Felicity Packard , Peter Gawler , Kris Mrksa , Greg Haddrick , 2010 series - publisher film/TV
Bloody Beginnings Davis Guy , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 April 2010; (p. 4-5)
Will Fiction Prove Golden? Nick Galvin , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 April 2010; (p. 4)
New Series of Underbelly Murders Its Rivals in TV Ratings Katherine Field , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 April 2010; (p. 4)
Underbelly Is Disgraceful, Says Former Judge Tim Dick , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 April 2010; (p. 3)
Former New South Wales Royal Commissioner tells Tim Dick that television programs such as Underbelly: The Golden Mile glamorise crime.
Among the Elite Andrew Fenton , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 23 February 2012; (p. 11)
Last amended 31 Mar 2014 14:31:11
Settings:
  • Kings Cross, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
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