Liberal turned independent Kiama MP Gareth Ward is closing in on Labor candidate Katelin McInerney's lead after a batch of pre-poll votes favoured the incumbent.
abc.net.au/news/nsw-election-kiama-vote-counting-gareth-ward/102152432Counting will resume in the New South Wales south coast seat of Kiama today, which could see the incumbent returned despite indications he would again be suspended from parliament over indecent and sexual assault charges.
The margin narrowed late on Monday after pre-poll votes from the Kiama Early Voting Centre favoured Mr Ward, with almost a third of the votes still to be counted.after police alleged he indecently assaulted a 17-year-old boy in 2013 and sexually assaulted a 27-year-old man in 2015. Incoming Labor Premier Chris Minns has confirmed that should Mr Ward be re-elected, he would support any motion to again suspend him from parliament until his legal matter is resolved.
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