Legal Action
The incident led to successful legal action against Victoria Police with damages of well over A$10,000,000 awarded to patrons. This sum would have been considerably higher had all affected parties come forward - a large number of patrons, fearful of the repercussions of "outing" themselves in a public forum or reluctant to relive the traumatic experience of the raid, did not participate.
The class action was run by Gary Singer, later Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne.
Although very different in their particular manifestations of activism, the Tasty incident has been described by some as Melbourne's Stonewall, comparable to the latter through its effect on community views and awareness, and resultant reviews of inappropriate police activity.
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