Sarah Gerathy is one of the ABC's New South Wales political reporters. Sarah joined the Sydney newsroom in 2004 and worked in radio news and current affairs. She has also read the news on triple j, worked as a sub-editor and international news producer and produced TV news at ABC News 24.
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| UpdatedIndependent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) commissioner Megan Latham, who would have been forced to re-apply for her job as part of structural changes, has resigned.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, parliament, nsw, sydney-2000
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A former Assistant Director at the NSW Department of Justice is found to have engaged in serious corrupt conduct for awarding more than $1 million in taxpayer-funded contracts to companies that did little or no work.
Topics: crime, fraud-and-corporate-crime, corruption, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedFormer deputy leader of the Nationals Adrian Piccoli sparks an uproar in the NSW Parliament by miming shooting Labor MPs to make a point about their preference deal with the Shooters party in the by-election.
Topics: political-parties, state-parliament, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThere is some confusion around the recent allegations made in NSW Parliament — that the Nationals broke the law by accepting donations from John Barilaro's wife. So what will happen now?
Topics: state-parliament, political-parties, government-and-politics, nationals, queanbeyan-2620, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedMike Gallacher, who resigned as police minister after being named in an ICAC investigation into Liberal Party donations, did not miss his chance to whack the anti-corruption watchdog in Parliament.
Topics: corruption, state-parliament, law-crime-and-justice, political-parties, government-and-politics, nsw
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| UpdatedOn his first full day as Deputy Premier, John Barilaro is at the centre of explosive claims that he and his party accepted illegal political donations from his wife, who Labor says is a property developer.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, parliament, corruption, political-parties, nationals, queanbeyan-2620, canberra-2600, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA fight has erupted in NSW parliament about Megan Latham's future as leader of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) after the Government announced sweeping changes to the watchdog's structure.
Topics: state-parliament, corruption, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedHe's the man that Nationals MPs in NSW are pinning their hopes on following a disastrous result in the Orange by-election. So what do we know about new party leader John Barilaro?
Topics: state-parliament, political-parties, nationals, elections, nsw, sydney-2000, orange-2800, queanbeyan-2620
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| UpdatedJohn Barilaro is sworn in as New South Wales Deputy Premier after being elected unopposed as the leader of the NSW Nationals, following the resignations of party leader Troy Grant and his deputy Adrian Piccoli.
Topics: state-parliament, political-parties, elections, nationals, nsw, sydney-2000, orange-2800, queanbeyan-2620
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| UpdatedDeputy Premier Troy Grant has fallen on his sword after a disastrous Orange by-election result. This is how the party will pick a new leader.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, elections, nsw
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| UpdatedTroy Grant will face a leadership spill on Tuesday, with Nationals MP Andrew Fraser saying he will put up a motion after a backlash against the Nationals in the Orange by-election.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, states-and-territories, elections, orange-2800, nsw
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| UpdatedHelicopters transporting critically ill patients are unable to land at Nepean Hospital in western Sydney, because construction cranes are blocking approaches to the helipad.
Topics: university-of-western-sydney-2560, sydney-2000, nsw
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Data on how people travel, the weather and special events will be used to create a futuristic and timetable-less public transport system in New South Wales.
Topics: road-transport, transport, information-technology, nsw
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| UpdatedThe NSW Government will review behaviour management in the state's juvenile detention centres, but Corrections Minister David Elliot denies any parallels with the NT youth justice system.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, youth, state-parliament, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Parliament formally brands US presidential candidate Donald Trump a "revolting slug" as it condemns the "misogynistic, hateful comments he has made about women and minorities".
Topics: us-elections, state-parliament, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedOne of the state's top greyhound trainers says the NSW Government's reversal of a statewide greyhound racing ban is "sensational news".
Topics: state-parliament, animal-welfare, williamtown-2318, broken-hill-2880, nsw
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Premier Mike Baird says he ditched a ban on greyhound racing because it was premature, and he believes the majority of the community wants to give the industry a second chance.
Topics: state-parliament, animal-welfare, nsw
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| UpdatedPolitical history shows what happened when Kevin Rudd walked away from his convictions, and Mike Baird will be hoping that he can avoid a similar fate.
Topics: gambling, states-and-territories, animal-welfare, nsw
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| UpdatedNSW Premier Mike Baird is tipped to be on the brink of a backdown over his greyhound racing ban, but his office says it will not comment on speculation.
Topics: animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, parliament, nsw
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New South Wales is debt free, the Government says, but the Opposition has questioned its budget priorities.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, budget, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedThe attempted resignation of the man tasked with planning the greyhound racing shutdown in New South Wales should prompt Mike Baird to reconsider the ban, the Opposition says.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, parliament, government-and-politics, animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, animals, human-interest, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedThe doctor at the centre of the chemotherapy under-dosing scandal also worked at a hospital in Newcastle, it is revealed, but the New South Wales Government cannot say how many people he treated there.
Topics: cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, government-and-politics, state-parliament, states-and-territories, parliament, newcastle-2300, sydney-2000, nsw
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The New South Wales Electoral Commission has found the state's Liberal party received almost $600,000 in unlawful donations before the 2011 election.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, corruption, nsw
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Deputy Premier Troy Grant denies telling colleagues he will step down as Nationals Leader if his party loses the upcoming Orange by-election.
Topics: states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, orange-2800, dubbo-2830, nsw
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| UpdatedMore than two dozen patients in the state's central west were given inadequate doses of chemotherapy by the doctor at the centre of Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital chemotherapy under-dosing scandal, the NSW Government confirms.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, cancer, doctors-and-medical-professionals, orange-2800, cowra-2794, bathurst-2795, darlinghurst-2010, sydney-2000, nsw