Anniversary of Sydney bombing that took lives of two Council Workers

Today marks the 35 anniversary of the of a bomb exploding outside the Sydney Hilton hotel , as Council workers emptied a kerb side waste bin , into a Council waste compactor truck. As many Local Government workers do each day. On this occasion some one had placed bomb in the the waste container and as it was emptied into the rear of the waste truck it exploded killing two Council Workers, and injuring the driver - a NSW Police Office on duty at the scene also passed away a week later due to injuries. The bombing took place at the time the Australian Government was hosting a meeting of CHOGM ( a meeting of  Commonwealth Heads of Government from across the world), taking place at the Hilton hotel in Sydney.
Today the United Services Union  (also a state US branch of the ASU)  previously known as the Municipal Employees Union (MEU) paused with Sydney City Council Workers , the NSW Police Union, Members of the USU Staff and Officials to remember those Council workers who in 1978 lost their lives in a terrorist attack  - clearly the bomb was probably meant for others , but innocent Council Workers were the ones to bear the brunt of this attack.  At the time the MEU undertook extensive fund raising for members of the families of the council workers who passed away.
Pictured above at today's service included Sophie Cotis, NSW Shadow Local Government Minister, Graeme Kelly General Secretary of the USU, Paul Reid USU Training Coordinator USU , Peter McMahon General Secretary of the MEU (1978)  , Barry Evans Sydney City Union Organiser MEU (1978)  and myself Greg McLean ASU Assistant National Secretary -