Lucy McNally has been reporting for the ABC since 2005. During that time she has worked in Tamworth, regional NSW and Darwin and also for three years in Sydney as the Police Reporter for ABC Radio. Lucy is currently in Sydney reporting for radio, TV and online.
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| UpdatedA new report on vulnerable children in New South Wales shows that in three out of four cases where a child was killed last year, social workers had already met with their families.
Topics: family-and-children, child-abuse, community-and-society, children, health, child-health-and-behaviour, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA woman is wrongly diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer and undergoes six months of unnecessary chemotherapy at a NSW hospital, a Health Care Complaints Commission report reveals.
Topics: medical-ethics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, nsw
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| UpdatedThousands of Nationals voters are expected to turn away from the party in Orange in the central-west, while Labor could lose Wollongong to an independent, as three by-elections are held across the state.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, political-parties, nationals, nsw, orange-2800
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| UpdatedNSW Family and Community Services overhaul their phone system after a police officer is left on hold for hours while trying to report suspected child abuse.
Topics: family-and-children, community-and-society, government-and-politics, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedNSW Premier Mike Baird says the Ausgrid sale is an outstanding result, but the Opposition argues what he has done is like "selling your house to the first person who knocks on the door".
Topics: government-and-politics, electricity-energy-and-utilities, nsw, sydney-2000
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David Gonski, who authored the controversial report into school funding, denies his new $5 million fund for disadvantaged schools is a political move.
Topics: education, charities, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Government moves to criminalise "revenge porn", making it an offence to create and distribute sexually explicit images without consent.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, pornography, relationships, nsw
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| UpdatedNSW police guidelines make no specific reference to whether or not officers should keep work-related text messages, Commissioner Andrew Scipione tells a hearing a fortnight after his deputy told the Sydney siege inquest she deleted SMS messages relating to the stand-off.
Topics: parliament, state-parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, police-sieges, police, law-crime-and-justice, crime, sydney-2000, nsw
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There is no proof to backup the New South Wales Government's claims it has saved around $900 million in red tape costs for businesses, a new report finds.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, small-business, nsw
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The NSW Opposition presents a letter from the Finance Minister to Premier Mike Baird as it accuses the Government of deliberately sitting on a report on how to make compulsory land acquisitions fairer.
Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, road-transport, rail-transport, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA descendant of an Aboriginal man confronted by Captain Cook on the shores of Botany Bay is getting closer to owning his ancestor's shield, after a motion passes NSW Parliament to have artefacts from two British museums repatriated.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, sydney-2000, nsw
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NSW Health calls for people with flu symptoms to stay away from nursing homes following 45 influenza-related deaths of elderly people this year.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, coughs-and-colds, nsw
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| UpdatedSydney trainer Harry Sarkis is suspended for alleged live baiting after telling an inquiry the rabbits he kept were for food.
Topics: animal-welfare, sport, nsw
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The health union rejects the State Government's plan for so-called "ambulance superstations", saying they would only work if New South Wales recruited hundreds of extra paramedics.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, parliament, government-and-politics, penrith-2750, kogarah-2217, artarmon-2064, colyton-2760, macquarie-fields-2564, marrickville-2204, drummoyne-2047, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedThe NSW Government announces a $3.8 billion plan to bring in almost 3,000 extra beds to crowded jails over the next 4 years
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, nsw
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| UpdatedTrain fares across New South Wales are to be frozen until at least July next year but free end-of-week trips on the state's public transport network are to be scrapped.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA bill that could have seen a breakthrough in the Bowraville murders is voted down in the New South Wales Parliament, but the Upper House has heard police will keep pushing for the suspect to be retried.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, laws, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000, bowraville-2449
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| UpdatedNSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli says he will keep pushing the Commonwealth to fully fund the Gonski plan, describing the education reforms as crucial to ensuring all children receive a fair go at school.
Topics: federal-government, budget, education, sydney-2000
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University of Sydney to receive an almost $3 million State Government grant to research ways to make it easier for people to adopt children in care.
Topics: adoption, family-and-children, community-and-society, state-parliament, government-and-politics, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Opposition Treasury spokesman Michael Daley is set to become NSW Labor deputy leader, with the only other contender Jodi McKay deciding she will not run for the spot.
Topics: alp, government-and-politics, state-parliament, nsw
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| UpdatedThe State Opposition criticises the NSW Government for spending $300,000 on market research to see how people feel about proposed rises to public transport fares.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, blacktown-2148, penrith-2750
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| UpdatedThe NSW Environment Minister says he will consider a recommendation from the state's Heritage Council to protect the iconic Sirius building on Sydney Harbour, despite his Government's plan to sell it off.
Topics: architecture, public-sector, government-and-politics, millers-point-2000, sydney-2000, nsw
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Music festival organisers may have to pay for sniffer dogs to sweep the grounds for drugs before an event, New South Wales Police Minister Troy Grant says.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-use, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA NSW Government decision to suspend Sydney's Auburn City Council while a public inquiry examines allegations of councillors misusing their positions is criticised as an "abuse of power" by deputy mayor Salim Mehajer.
Topics: local-government, states-and-territories, urban-development-and-planning, auburn-2144, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedTougher penalties are needed for "shonky" private providers and TAFE New South Wales should be more accessible to students with disabilities, according to a new report.
Topics: education, disabilities, access-to-education, nsw