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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tamsin Rose and Michael McGowan

NSW premier wants MP Gareth Ward out of parliament after sexual abuse charges laid

Kiama MP Gareth Ward has been charged with sexually assaulting a man and a 17-year-old boy.
Kiama MP Gareth Ward has been charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy and a man in NSW. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, has said he may seek to remove independent Gareth Ward from the state’s parliament after the MP was charged over allegations of sexual abuse against a man and a 17-year-old boy.

More than 10 months after Ward stepped aside as a minister after revealing he was the subject of a police investigation, police on Tuesday charged the Kiama MP following a long-running probe.

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