Labor and Coalition want convicted rapist Gareth Ward expelled from NSW parliament
by Anne Davies NSW state correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6YY4D)
Major parties mulling options ahead of state parliament returning next week. Ward, the MP for Kiama, has yet to reveal if he will appeal Friday's verdicts
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Moves are afoot to expel the MP for Kiama, Gareth Ward, from the New South Wales parliament after he was convicted of serious sexual offences involving two young men.
State parliament sits next week and Ward has not yet said whether he intends to appeal Friday's convictions. The MP has also not indicated whether he might resign from parliament and did not respond to questions from Guardian Australia.
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