Rosemary Bolger
Rosemary Bolger is a reporter for ABC Radio Sydney. Rose has previously worked for ABC News in Hobart, Guardian Australia and SBS News. She has also lived and worked in China. Follow Rose at @rose_bolger
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Chances are 'small', but Australian of the Year upbeat about incurable cancer as co-winner fights to save his life
Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long have saved thousands of lives using immunotherapy. Now they hope they can find a cure for Professor Scolyer.
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Supermarkets are probably 'overcharging', Allan Fels says, after calling for in-depth ACCC inquiry
The former head of the ACCC has written to Treasurer Jim Chalmers recommending he order the competition regulator to probe major grocery chains' prices.
Takeaway coffee cups could be next as crackdown on single-use plastics continues in NSW
Only 12 per cent of the 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste generated in NSW every year is recycled and the EPA is looking for ways to improve those numbers.
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Limits on charging e-bike and e-scooter batteries proposed to reduce fire risk
Strata schemes grappling with the fire risk of lithium-ion batteries are also advised to ban modified and cheaper imported devices.
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A Christmas hamper gave Brian and his dying mother one final special day together
Receiving the hamper meant so much to his mother in her final months, the NSW man has donated one to Vinnies every year since she died.
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Man-made Western Sydney beach dubbed 'Pondi' passes the swim test
Western Sydney's first beach opens to the public, with "crystal-clear" water and few geese droppings.
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Football, ice-cream and the best cafes for writing in to feature in author Yumna Kassab's 'dictionary of Parramatta'
The renowned author of The House of Youssef and The Lovers has been named Parramatta's inaugural Laureate in Literature. She says the area is home to a "golden generation" of writers.
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What air quality data can tell you about where you live
University of Technology Sydney students went street by street with air quality monitors and found big differences over short distances.
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Vinnies supports mum and kids that went from lavish Christmases to 30 cents in the bank
After returning from a holiday with her children and finding the locks had been changed, Melissa did not know where to turn until someone suggested she call Vinnies.
Onwards and upwards, at last, say shoppers as mall hits restart on notorious escalators
They may be Sydney's most infamous example of unreliable moving staircases, but these inner-west escalators are not the only ones to test the patience of consumers and commuters.
'Irrelevant and irritating': The familiar beeps heard every hour to disappear from radio broadcasts
The short tones previously used by listeners to set their watches are no longer necessary due to smartphones.
Sydney councillor vows to push ahead with LGBTIQA+ network after 'homophobic' NSW conference debate
Councillors from outside Sydney are accused of making discriminatory comments during a state conference debate about a support network for LGBTQIA+ representatives and drag story time events.
Melbourne woman recovering from surgery 'humiliated' by Jetstar refusal to let her board flight
A Melbourne woman recovering from surgery said the airline told her she could not fly because she could not climb the stairs, despite her organising for assistance in advance.
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The ABC thought gardening would be a safe subject to test out talkback radio. Then a caller asked about cannabis plants
The ABC thought gardening would be a safe subject to test out talkback radio. Then a caller asked about marijuana plants.
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Infrastructure Minister defends axing $110m for link to Sydney's new airport
Catherine King says federal funding for a critical Western Sydney motorway interchange was withdrawn because an independent review could not determine what it was for.
Cancer experts Richard Scolyer, who has an incurable brain tumour, and Georgina Long named joint NSW Australians of the Year
Together they’ve saved thousands of lives with their breakthroughs on melanoma treatment. Now Professor Scolyer is "patient zero" in their latest research.
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Why can't customers be automatically switched to other carriers when their network goes down?
Canada, Japan, and the United States are among the countries that expect service providers to implement roaming capabilities to cover major network failures.
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'Feeling feelings again': Drama class gives aged care residents a chance to express themselves
Inspired by theatre sports, these late-in-life actors spend Saturday mornings improvising, making up stories and "feeling alive" through creative thought and movement.
Australia's oldest photo and Ned Kelly's criminal record among rare images on display for first time
A selection of 400 images from the State Library of NSW's vast collection — with one for nearly every year between 1845 and 2022 — will be on show for the first exhibition in its new photo gallery.
Taskforce charged with fixing Sydney's bus woes looks to Pacific Islands to fill driver vacancies
Recruitment efforts have reduced vacancies after the city was short of 800 drivers earlier this year, but with nearly 400 drivers still required, a taskforce chairman says a lack of unskilled migration is contributing to the problem.
'It's just about how I look': Stylish family brings Congo flavour to the Opera House
The Kisimba family are among 150 people chosen to be part of a Sydney Opera House performance art project that creates a portrait of the city.
No price tags here: Cost of living no obstacle for kids needing glamorous dress or suit for school formal
Volunteers transform a vacant shop in south-west Sydney into a formal wear outlet where students can choose from hundreds of items and it won't cost them a thing.
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Diving platforms and springboards 'a thing of the past' as suburban pool-users trade fun for fitness
One of the last remaining diving pools in Sydney is slated for closure, leaving only two publicly accessible diving facilities.
NSW social housing tenants could save $860 a year with solar panels, new modelling shows
Margaret Coomber lives in one of 150,000 households in NSW that could save hundreds of dollars a year if the government installed rooftop solar on its social and community housing stock.
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Why Sydneysiders who've paid off their mortgage could still feel the brunt of the city's housing affordability crisis
Sydney is losing thousands of workers to Melbourne and Brisbane because of high housing costs, contributing to a $10-billion economic loss to the city each year, a report has found.