Gareth Ward
Mark Latham has been bagging the bigwigs of racing. Guess where he spent the weekend?
The former opposition leader has been turning the blowtorch on the Australian Turf Club in parliament. That hasn’t stopped him enjoying their hospitality.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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‘It’s a workplace’: Premier demands answers over MP’s 4am visit to parliament in boxer shorts
A powerful parliamentary committee has been asked to investigate Gareth Ward’s early morning decision to come to parliament in a state of undress.
- by Michael McGowan
MP denies being drunk and in underwear outside parliament at 4am
Gareth Ward, a former Liberal Party minister turned independent, said he had gone to the NSW Parliament House in the early hours of July 21 after locking himself out of his apartment.
- by Michael McGowan
Vice presidential aspirant Tim Walz’s great Australian adventures
The Herald was one of the few media outlets to pay attention to the Minnesota governor’s visit to Australia last year. Now, Tim Walz is Kamala Harris’ VP pick and a progressive media darling.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
The politicians who skipped question time to fawn over Tucker Carlson
The conspiracy-peddling favourite of the global Trumpian right visited Australia’s corridors of power. But tour promoter Clive Palmer was nowhere to be seen.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Ben Roberts-Smith backer Ross Coulthart wins ‘pseudoscience’ award
Former journalist Ross Coulthart, who spun for war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith, won the Australian Skeptics’ bent spoon award for his claims about UFOs.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Property bro’s grovelling apology to ‘employees, tradies and families’
The multimillionaire said the economy needed more pain, and unemployment had to rise. After backlash, he vanished from social media, before apologising for his comments on Thursday
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Significant risks in suspending Ward from parliament, Minns warned
A powerful privileges committee says suspending independent MP Gareth Ward, who has been charged with historical sexual assault, could undermine the presumption of innocence.
- by Alexandra Smith
Minns refuses to answer questions on parliament floor from Gareth Ward
The premier said he would only “reply formally” to questions until a committee made a judgment on the Kiama MP’s continued service while facing historic sexual assault allegations.
- by Lucy Cormack
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Labor government looks to refer Kiama MP Gareth Ward to privileges committee
The re-elected state MP could face an investigation over his historical sexual assault charges, for which he says he is innocent.
- by Alexandra Smith
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