Nick Dole

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Nick Dole

Mr Speakman made the comments after receiving an email from a prominent anti-abortion campaigner. He told parliament he would support the bill and that some arguments by anti-abortion campaigners were based on "misinformation". The bill is expected to pass the lower house this week. NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman has accused a prominent anti-abortion campaigner of "brazen bullying", declaring he will not "cave in" in the face of political threats.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Nick Dole

Unions have launched attack ads against the NSW government over proposed changes to workers' compensation. Unions NSW is demanding the government rethink its proposal, while Business NSW supports the reforms. An inquiry into the proposed changes begins on Friday. Unions have upped the ante in their fight against the Minns government's proposed changes to workers' compensation, launching an advertising blitz targeting the treasurer, Daniel Mookhey.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Nick Dole

A bill to expand abortion services in New South Wales will face a crucial vote in the lower house this week. While the most controversial aspects of the bill were stripped out in the upper house last week, Labor and Coalition MPs will still be granted a conscience vote on what Premier Chris Minns says is a "vexed issue".

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Nick Dole

The NSW premier is offering to bolster the NSW Crime Commission so it can pursue former Labor minister Eddie Obeid over $30 million of "ill-gotten gains". Chris Minns said the government is prepared to boost funding to the commission to ensure Obeid cannot keep the cash he made from a corrupt coal licence deal. "There's acts of big public corruption, someone's made a motza out of it [and] we're going to chase them," Mr Minns said.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Nick Dole

When Private Alister Ross placed a Bible in his breast pocket at Gallipoli in 1915, he may have been hoping for divine guidance. Instead, the pages of the 'good book' saved his life, by shielding him from shrapnel. Brad Manera, senior historian and curator at Sydney's Anzac Memorial, said Private Ross was "incredibly lucky". "The Bible took the energy from the shrapnel ball and saved his life," he said.