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Jason Om

Sydney

Reporter, Writer and Presenter at ABC News (Australia)

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  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Jason Om |Richard Mockler

    On Sydney's doorstep lies an ancient landscape of deep eucalypt forests, waterfalls and dramatic sandstone gorges. The natural bushland of the Blue Mountains, according to UNESCO, is "of high wilderness quality and remains close to pristine". The water supply there has an enviable reputation, according to water scientist Ian Wright from Western Sydney University. "This would be one of the cleanest water catchments in Australia," Dr Wright told 7.30.

  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Jason Om |Raveen Hunjan

    It was the middle of the night when Ehab Elhila realised his truck was on fire. His neighbour ran to tell him, after seeing a man yelling Islamophobic abuse, shortly before the blaze had started. "I ran downstairs, got a couple of buckets [of water] and poured that on the fire," Mr Ehila told 7.30.

  • 2 months ago | abc.net.au | Jason Om

    A man claiming to own the Dural property linked to a counterterrorism investigation says police got the search warrant wrong. Rob, who would not give his last name, strenuously denied he or the residents of his property on Derriwong Road had anything to do with a caravan police say was filled with explosives, which he said was parked a few metres from the land. He also claimed police roughly treated a young man, who is a tenant in one of the homes.

  • Nov 12, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jason Om

    In the 1990s, the Keating government allowed young people to trade in their welfare payments for a loan to pay for everyday expenses. Around 140,000 Australians in the scheme still collectively owe $2.1 billion to the government. Around 350 people involved in the scheme have registered their interest in a potential class action against the government.

  • Aug 30, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jason Om

    As the blame game over the Liberal Party local council debacle continues, internal emails have revealed the last-minute scramble to endorse more than 160 candidates before the party missed a critical deadline. The New South Wales Liberal president Don Harwin is resisting calls to resign, with his supporters insisting sacked party director Richard Shields was ultimately responsible.

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