Minister Andre Haermeyer said he would convene a working party of police, sports bodies and venue managers to develop a uniform code of conduct for crowd behaviour at Victorian sporting events. He foreshadowed higher on-the-spot fines of up to $10,000 for drunken behaviour and ground invasions. Mr Haermeyer said the Government and police would consider banning known troublemakers. He said digital face-recognition technology could also be used against terrorism for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Navy death threat claims From AAP 15jan02 A FORMER navy sailor has claimed he received death threats after alleging he was brutalised while another sailor had a tampon forced into his mouth. Sam Golledge, a former submariner, told ABC radio and television he was forced to see a defence psychiatrist after making complaints against the navy while he was serving in the Australian Defence Force. He said he was ordered to take an anti-depressant against his will. Mr Golledge said in a separate incident another sailor was held down and a used tampon forced into his mouth. "He doesn't want to be named and he won't come forward with any information while he's still serving in the navy because he believes there is no way he's going to get the answers that he wants, and he's going to look like an outcast as well," Mr Golledge said of his former colleague. "It's one of those closed places where it's not going to get you anywhere until you get out. "And if you do, like I have, you're going to be alienated and you're going to receive death threats, things like that." The navy last week established an inquiry to investigate allegations including the sexual assault of a young female sailor on Christmas Island in early December.
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