Premier of New South Wales since 2023; leader of NSW Labor since 2021; MP for Kogarah since 2015.
Australian authorities have overseen the return of seven women and 12 children linked to Islamic State fighters from the al-Roj camp in northeast Syria. Several women have been charged with slavery or terrorism offences on arrival; others are under investigation. The government maintains it has not provided assistance for these returns and is monitoring ongoing cases.
Australian transport safety investigators are probing a string of near-collision incidents at Sydney Airport over the past two weeks. A Virgin Australia 737 and a Qantas jet narrowly avoided a collision on a Sunday, with Jetstar also forcing a stop after a Qatar Airways aircraft being towed across a taxiway. Airservices Australia cites rostering and overtime issues as contributing factors.
NSW and the Commonwealth have agreed to a phased, nationwide-style gun buyback following the Bondi attack, with phase 1 offering compensation for revolvers and semi-automatic handguns and phase 2 addressing higher-value firearms. The scheme is designed to remove non-compliant guns from circulation and is backed by a two-state partnership, though multiple states have rejected participation.