Sarah Gerathy
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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Sausage rolls, cream buns in short supply under new NSW canteen strategy
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A new strategy for school canteens in NSW will ensure fruits, vegetables, sandwiches, pastas and stir fries make up at least 75 per cent of menus, with "occasional foods" like sausage rolls limited to the remaining 25 per cent.
Topics: schools, states-and-territories, diet-and-nutrition, nsw
Claims ALP candidate Liesl Tesch 'parachuted' into Central Coast seat
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The Labor Party is being criticised for "parachuting" Paralympic champion Liesl Tesch as its candidate for the New South Wales seat of Gosford, instead of running a rank-and-file preselection.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, gosford-2250, woy-woy-2256
Gladys Berejiklian stands by Ray Williams amid illegal donation claims
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian resists calls to sack her new Minister Ray Williams over allegations he accepted illegal donations, but says the Liberal Party will assist the NSW Electoral Commission with any inquiries.
Topics: political-parties, state-parliament, castle-hill-2154, sydney-2000, nsw
Government accused of backtracking on light rail promise for Sydney Olympic Park
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The State Opposition accuses the Government of backtracking on a promise to provide light rail to Sydney Olympic Park in the first stage of construction, amid concerns it will eventually be dropped from the plan altogether.
Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, parramatta-2150, nsw, sydney-2000
NSW greyhound industry to pay for its own watchdog
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The greyhound racing industry in New South Wales will be made to pay for a tough new integrity commission, under a new plan to stamp out animal cruelty in the sport.
Topics: racing, gambling, animal-welfare, state-parliament, nsw
Glenn Stevens hired to advise NSW Government on housing affordability
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A stoush about housing affordability erupts in Parliament after the Premier announces she has hired former Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens to advise her Government on the issue.
Topics: state-parliament, housing, nsw
NSW to push ahead with city council amalgamations
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The NSW Government will push ahead with forced council amalgamations in the city, but will walk away from regional council mergers that are currently in court.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, local-government, nsw, uralla-2358, walcha-2354, bathurst-2795, oberon-2787, burwood-2134, blayney-2799, orange-2800, canada-bay-2046, strathfield-2135, dungog-2420, maitland-2320, hornsby-2077, mount-kuring-gai-2080, hunters-hill-2110, lane-cove-2066, ryde-2112, mosman-2088, north-sydney-2060, willoughby-2068, newcastle-2300, randwick-2031, shellharbour-2529, waverley-2024, wollongong-2500
New NSW police chief to be appointed in just two months
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NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione will be retiring a couple of months earlier than expected, with no replacement in sight and only two months to go, leaving many scratching their heads about the timing of the announcement.
Topics: police, state-parliament, nsw
Can NSW really 'unscramble the egg' of council mergers?
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While some communities are celebrating the NSW Government's possible backflip on council amalgamations, others in the merged councils say it is too late to turn back, and Labor accuses the Deputy Premier of leaking amalgamation wind-backs.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, state-parliament, dubbo-2830, wellington-2820, woollahra-2025, nsw, wollongong-2500, newcastle-2300
Sydney rental prices climb as number of new units built increases
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New apartments are flooding the market in Sydney, driving up rents in some areas, according to the latest report from the New South Wales Tenants' Union.
Topics: housing, state-parliament, housing-industry, sydney-2000, nsw
The 11th hour deals behind the NSW Premier's new cabinet
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The New South Wales Premier's new Cabinet will be sworn in at Government House this afternoon, but speculation is rife about the factional deals behind some of Gladys Berejiklian's appointments.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, nsw, sydney-2000
Berejiklian makes major changes in NSW Cabinet reshuffle
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New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian axes some of the most experienced ministers from her front bench as part of a Cabinet reshuffle to be unveiled this morning.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, queanbeyan-2620, nsw
NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner to retire
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Veteran New South Wales Health Minister Jillian Skinner announces her retirement from politics amid speculation she was going to be dumped from the Government's frontbench.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, states-and-territories, health-administration, health-policy, sydney-2000
Baird's decline from popular to political scrapheap Analysis
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The New South Wales Premier rocks the nation's political landscape with a surprise resignation, so how did it come to this?
Topics: government-and-politics, governors-general-and-state-governors, parliament, state-parliament, nsw
The trouble with Mike Baird Analysis
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This time last year opinion polls showed New South Wales Premier Mike Baird was the most popular politician in the country, but what a difference a year makes.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, political-parties, nsw
Jailed Eddie Obeid to lose parliamentary pension, Baird says
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Disgraced former Labor kingmaker Eddie Obeid will be stripped of his annual parliamentary pension and forced to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees, after he was sent to prison for misconduct in a public office.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, state-parliament, states-and-territories, corruption, sydney-2000
Eddie Obeid: Why everyone is talking about the man with a 'moral vacuum' Analysis
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NSW's most notorious political powerbroker had a colourful career but his empire building eventually caught up with him.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, political-parties, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, sydney-2000
Sydney's Concord Hospital doctor sends funding plea to Minister
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A senior doctor from Sydney's Concord Hospital pleads with the NSW Health Minister to deliver promised funding, saying dying patients and those who should be in isolation are being forced to share rooms with others.
Topics: state-parliament, health, healthcare-facilities, concord-2137
Live Music Office welcomes relaxation of Sydney's lockout laws, Keep Sydney Open not so keen
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The New South Wales Government's controversial lockout laws have been eased for live entertainment venues in the CBD and Kings Cross as part of a two-year trial.
Topics: government-and-politics, alcohol, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000
NSW backpedals on changes forcing bike riders to carry ID
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Roads Minister Duncan Gay says cyclists will instead be "encouraged" to carry emergency contact cards, after dropping a controversial plan to force bike riders to carry ID.
Topics: community-and-society, parliament, laws, state-parliament, government-and-politics, nsw
Obeid 'unrepentant' for crimes of misconduct, sentencing hearing told
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A NSW court hears former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid is unrepentant for his crimes and has only shown remorse for getting caught.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, states-and-territories, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000, nsw
Junior staff conducting chemotherapy review a 'mistake', hospital says
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Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital concedes it was a mistake to ask junior staff to review the chemotherapy dosages given by doctor John Grygiel.
Topics: health-administration, healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, state-parliament, sydney-2000, nsw
ICAC commissioner Megan Latham resigns
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Independent 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
ICAC finds senior Justice department staffer guilty of serious corrupt conduct
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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
'Bang, bang': Nationals' Adrian Piccoli mimes shooting Labor MPs
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Former 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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