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Jessica McSweeney

Jessica McSweeney

Jessica McSweeney is a reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald covering state politics and urban affairs.

Wind turbines tower over cattle on property owned by Charlie Prell near Crookwell in NSW.

NSW’s $1 billion clean energy fund selects first investment projects

Battery storage projects in Homebush and Newcastle will receive $100 million, the first investment made by the government’s Energy Security Corporation.

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NSW MP Mark Latham has listed his Mount Hunter home for sale.

Mark Latham lists sprawling estate for sale with $2.4 million guide

The NSW MP quietly listed his home on Sydney’s outskirts, but denies it’s linked to growing legal costs in his feud with political rival Alex Greenwich.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Michael McGowan
The state government will spend $2 million on a permanent memorial at Bondi.

Millions pledged for permanent memorial to honour Bondi victims

An $8 million recovery package including funds for a future permanent memorial will be included in this month’s state budget, as Sunday marks the six-month anniversary of the attack.

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A woman is treated on Coogee Beach after being bitten by a shark.

‘It just turned into havoc’: Woman in critical condition after shark attack at Coogee Beach

Witnesses have described the terrifying scene when a woman was bitten by a three-metre shark at the popular eastern suburbs beach.

  • Julie Power, Jessica McSweeney, Kate Aubusson and Rachel Rasker
Merrylands is the epicentre of Sydney’s violent crime crisis.

The suburb at the epicentre of Sydney’s violent crime crisis

Youth workers are putting themselves between vulnerable teens and the crime families willing to pay them for brazen acts of violence.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
Married at First Sight was the subject of a SafeWork NSW investigation.

Filmed in the shower, non-consensual touching: MAFS allegations revealed

SafeWork NSW investigated allegations of “violence and aggression” by both crew and grooms on the hit reality show before production was ordered to improve management of psychosocial hazards.

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Penny Sharpe, the NSW government’s leader in the upper house, has been suspended from parliament for an unprecedented two weeks.

Parliament rebellion erupts as Sharpe cops unprecedented fortnight suspension

Labor’s leader in the upper house returned to parliament after a one-week suspension. But within hours of the house resuming, she was out again.

  • Michael McGowan and Jessica McSweeney
Public confidence in NSW Police has fallen to an all-time low, new research from BOCSAR reveals.

Why public confidence in the police and justice system is plunging

Just 54 per cent of people were confident that the criminal justice system brought offenders to justice.

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Premier Chris Minns said he was ‘sorry’ pokies had become ‘ubiquitous’ in NSW, but that reforms significantly cutting the number of machines would be too costly

The battle over pokies comes to premier’s backyard

Premier Chris Minns is “sorry” poker machines are so common in NSW pubs and clubs, but says it would be prohibitively expensive to pay compensation if numbers were slashed.

  • Michael McGowan and Jessica McSweeney
Police and protesters jostle as authorities try to stop the crowd from marching after the rally.

The Sydney protest that led to a record number of complaints against police

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission chief says accessing documents from NSW Police remains difficult, as the watchdog investigates officer conduct at a pro-Palestine protest.

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