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Name: Penny Sharpe

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

NSW Government unveils plans for the future of Sydney ferries

The New South Wales Government has promised six new ferries, an extra 50 services a week and a new wharf at Barangaroo as part of its 20-year ferry plan.The 50 extra services will be added to the new timetable from October with the government planning ... [Published ABC Online - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Ferry, Penny Sharpe, Gladys Berejiklian, Cockatoo

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Rail promise looking shaky

The state government risks breaking election promises for 135 new and faster express train services for Sydney and surrounding regions and undermining the viability of the state's XPT service if it implements a new train timetable without major chang ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 20 2013]

Entities: Gladys Berejiklian, Cherie Burton, Brisbane (Australia)

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Australia's worst homophobes named and shamed at Gloria awards

New South Wales roads minister Duncan Gay given anti-gay award for scrapping Sydney's rainbow crossingNew South Wales roads minister Duncan Gay has won the dubious honor of a Golden Gloria on Wednesday night (8 May).The Glorias (Gay & Lesbian Outrageous, ... [Published Gay Star News - May 10 2013]

Entities: Duncan Gay, Homophobia, Gay, Penny Sharpe

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay wins top GLORIA award

NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay has the dubious honour of being the recipient of the top prize of this year’s gay gaffe awards, the GLORIAs.Now in its third year, the Gay & Lesbian Outrageous, Ridiculous and Ignorant Comment Awards – or GLORIAs – is spearheaded ... [Published Gay News Network - May 09 2013]

Entities: Duncan Gay, Gay, Mark Knudson, Anthony Callea

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 2 reports

A bridge too far: even the Transport Minister can't get a straight answer on train delays

Not even the transport minister can get a straight answer out of RailCorp about what is going wrong on Sydney's trains.Thousands of commuters were delayed on multiple lines on Monday morning after work on a rail bridge went for too long, cutting into ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 06 2013]

Entities: Gladys Berejiklian, Transportation, Penny Sharpe, Sydney (Australia), John Robertson

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

NSW Labor tables petition to keep Proud Schools

A petition has been tabled in the NSW Parliament to keep and expand the Proud Schools programme.Launched in 2011 by Education Minister Verity Firth, Proud Schools was designed to ensure young people across the state could attend school without fear of ... [Published Gay News Network - May 02 2013]

Entities: Penny Sharpe, Education, Labor

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

NRMA

Community forum about commuter safety on trains this Thursday night

Have your say about train safety this Thursday night at The Mount Druitt Hub. Picture: Carlos FurtadoCommuters can have their say about safety on trains and at train stations this Thursday night (May 2)State opposition leader John Robertson and shadow ... [Published St Marys Star - May 01 2013]

Entities: Penny Sharpe, Security, Tony Robinson, NRMA, John Robertson

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Vote for the worst anti-gay statements to win a Gloria award

Voting is open for the fourth annual Gay & Lesbian Ridiculous and Ignorant comments Awards in AustraliaWho gets your vote?Election candidate Tess Corbett who said pedophiles would be next asking for rights after gay people? Or Bernard Gaynor who said ... [Published Gay Star News - May 01 2013]

Entities: Anti-Gay, Penny Sharpe, Gay, Lesbian

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Huge gap in transport cop rollout (7News Sydney)

FIRST ON 7: At time when Sydney train passengers, especially women, are increasingly scared about being attacked, a gap is opening up in the security protecting them.7News has obtained exclusive details showing transit officers will soon be phased out, ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Sydney (Australia), Transportation, Penny Sharpe, Peter Khoury

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

GLORIAs: voting now open

NSW Labor Upper House member Penny Sharpe today opened voting for the fourth annual GLORIAs.The Gay & Lesbian Outrageous, Ridiculous and Ignorant Awards (GLORIAs) are an event that shines a light on misconceptions, misrepresentations and downright fallacies ... [Published Gay News Network - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Penny Sharpe, Miranda Devine, David Marr, Duncan Gay, Homosexuality

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Rail concerns voiced by commuters

Source: NewsLocal HIGH visibility policing on western Sydney trains and more transit officers is what commuters want. Several commuters The Advocate spoke to at Blacktown railway station said they rarely saw police or transit officers on trains and they ... [Published Daily Telegraph Australia - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Penny Sharpe, Transportation, John Robertson, Police, Labor

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Great train strain a pain at Town Hall

Source: The Daily Telegraph FED-UP passengers have delivered their verdict on our rail system, voting Town Hall as the worst on the network. The list of the 10 worst stations was revealed in the NRMA's inaugural Seeing Red on Rail Report, with Central ... [Published Daily Telegraph Australia - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Transportation, Gladys Berejiklian, NRMA

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"every day glbti people and their families are subject to homophobic and transphobic comments from people in public life" said Sharpe

Australia's worst homophobes named and shamed at Gloria awards [Published Gay Star News - May 10 2013]

Shadow Transport Minister Penny Sharpe said: "this is a government addicted to cutting staff and cutting corners all over the rail network."

A bridge too far: even the Transport Minister can't get a straight answer on train delays [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 06 2013]

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NSW Government unveils plans for the future of ... [Published ABC Online - 7 hours ago]
Rail promise looking shaky [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 20 2013]
Australia's worst homophobes named and shamed a... [Published Gay Star News - May 10 2013]
NSW Roads Minister Duncan Gay wins top GLORIA a... [Published Gay News Network - May 09 2013]
Duncan Gay gets Golden GLORIA [Published Same Same - May 09 2013]
A bridge too far: even the Transport Minister c... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 06 2013]
Sydney cab drivers say fares are fair (AAP) [Published West Australian - May 06 2013]
Safety a big worry for rail passengers [Published St Marys Star - May 06 2013]
NSW Labor tables petition to keep Proud Schools [Published Gay News Network - May 02 2013]
Community forum about commuter safety on trains... [Published St Marys Star - May 01 2013]
Vote for the worst anti-gay statements to win a... [Published Gay Star News - May 01 2013]
Huge gap in transport cop rollout (7News Sydney) [Published Yahoo!Xtra - Apr 30 2013]
Huge gap in transport cop rollout [Published Yahoo!Xtra - Apr 30 2013]
GLORIAs: voting now open [Published Gay News Network - Apr 30 2013]
Rail concerns voiced by commuters [Published Daily Telegraph Australia - Apr 30 2013]
Great train strain a pain at Town Hall [Published Daily Telegraph Australia - Apr 28 2013]
Australian state premier says he supports gay m... [Published Gay Star News - Apr 19 2013]
Bridge study includes future rail option [Published South Coast Register - Apr 19 2013]
Fine revenue drops from train journeys [Published St George & Sutherland Shire Leader - Apr 16 2013]
Residents can air transport concerns at ALP forum [Published Illawarra Mercury - Apr 15 2013]