Nick McLaren
Senior News Reporter and Deputy Chief of Staff at ABC Illawarra
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5 days ago |
abc.net.au | Nick McLaren |Tim Fernandez
A political staffer has told a trial he was "overcompensating" when he referred to former NSW minister Gareth Ward as "love", more than a year after he was allegedly sexually assaulted by Mr Ward. The member for the NSW South Coast seat of Kiama Gareth Ward is standing trial accused of sexually abusing two men, aged 18 and 24, during two separate incidents in 2015 and 2013.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Nick McLaren
One of two men giving evidence in the Gareth Ward trial has been quizzed in court on his ability to recall events leading up to and following his alleged sexual assault. The former NSW Liberal Party minister turned independent is accused of raping the then-24-year-old man in his Sydney apartment in 2015 and indecently assaulting a then-18-year-old man at his home on the NSW south coast in 2012. WARNING: This story contains content that readers may find distressing.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Nick McLaren
One of the alleged victims of NSW MP Gareth Ward has told his sexual assault trial that he repeatedly declined a series of sexual advances. Mr Ward, a former NSW cabinet minister, is accused of raping a then-24-year-old man in his Sydney apartment and indecently assaulting an then-18-year-old man at his home on the NSW south coast. WARNING: This story contains content that readers may find distressing.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Nick McLaren
The site of Australia's worst mining disaster, where 96 men and boys lost their lives in an underground gas explosion in New South Wales, has finally been listed on the State Heritage Register, but for some, it's too little, too late. At 2pm on July 31, 1902, a gas explosion ripped through the tunnels of Mount Kembla mine west of Wollongong. It is still remembered each year with a moving candlelit ceremony at the Windy Gully Cemetery, where many of the victims of the disaster are buried.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Nick McLaren
The trial of former NSW Cabinet Minister Gareth Ward has heard the MP raped a 27-year-old man in his Sydney apartment and indecently assaulted 18-year-old man at his home on the NSW south coast. WARNING: This story contains content that readers may find distressing. The Member for Kiama is accused of one count of sexual assault against the older man in 2015 and three counts of indecent assault against the younger man in 2012. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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