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Helen Pitt

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

You know, the police reporters I interviewed that were there that night, interestingly, they have never been called up to give evidence in any of these subsequent investigations since, that everyone knew the cops were crooked.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

Now, who they were protecting, I don't know.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

We may never know.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

But there's questions that remain.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

And at this point, even the families who lost children there, there's questions as to whether or not is it worthwhile having another inquest to go through the embers of their grief again?

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

Is it worthwhile?

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

I don't know.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

But there's so many answers that are not given.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

Well, this NCA report said that he'd coveted the site for 20 years.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

Now, once we... We don't know why Neville Rand, the Premier at the time, would not grant a long-term lease to Leon Fink...

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

and his partner Nathan Spatt.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

What we do know is when the park did reopen, the Goldstein brothers got the lease and they are actually Abe Saffron's cousin and his nephew actually ended up being responsible for the accounting of the park.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

So...

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

We don't know.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

The name has been linked.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

Abe Saffron's name has been linked to that Luna Park fire for almost as soon as it happened.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

And Martin Sharp was one of the first to put two and two together, which is why I think he became obsessed with it.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

He called his friend the night of the fire and immediately suspicious.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

I don't know.

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The story behind Sydney’s Luna Park and its impact on the city

I wish I knew.