Kamin Gock
Kamin Gock is an award-winning journalist based in Sydney. Kamin joined the public broadcaster in 2021 after working as a television reporter at Nine News in Perth, Albury and Orange. He was the recipient of the national Brian White Scholarship in 2018 and has worked across several Sydney radio newsrooms. He was born and raised in Western Sydney. You can follow him on Twitter @kamingock
Latest by Kamin Gock
The top secret mission to preserve the 'botanical find of the century'
The Wollemi Pine was thought to have gone extinct two million years ago, until an off-duty ranger stumbled across a grove. Now, experts are doing everything they can to give the tree a second chance.
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More than half of newly registered NSW apartments have had a serious defect
As Australia grapples with housing affordability, NSW is at the forefront of another crisis sweeping new builds. Problems within the industry have led to an explosion of work for building commissioner David Chandler since his 2019 appointment.
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PNG is hoping to become the 18th team in the NRL. But they're at the centre of a much bigger game in the Pacific
Rugby league is widely loved in Papua New Guinea — it's even the national sport. And if their bid to become the 18th team in the NRL is successful, there could be benefits for Australia beyond the field.
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'You've screwed up, haven't you?': The $2 billion mistake behind Snowy 2.0
Snowy Hydro's tunnelling machine caused a sinkhole and spent months barely moving, then the troubled project's tunnel began filling with gas.
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Governments accused of being all talk, no action over Northern Rivers buyback scheme
By political reporter Kamin Gock
Just 1 per cent of property owners who lost their homes in the deadly Northern Rivers floods last year have finalised settlements under a joint federal and New South Wales government buyback scheme.
Gambling ads should be banned within three years to tackle addiction crisis, parliamentary committee says
By political reporters Matthew Doran and Kamin Gock
Committee chair Peta Murphy says Australians are among the biggest gambling losers anywhere in the world, and previous attempts to regulate gambling advertising have failed to address the problem.
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Referendum legislation passes parliament, putting Australia on track for Voice vote
By political correspondent Brett Worthington and political reporter Kamin Gock
The Senate votes in favour of the Voice to Parliament legislation, finalising the form of the referendum.
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Lidia Thorpe to lodge human rights complaint against Greens, may abstain from vote on Voice
By political reporter Kamin Gock
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe is considering abstaining from voting on legislation to enable the Voice referendum in the Senate but has ruled out supporting the No campaign.
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'Plagued by scandal': PM attacks Perrottet government at NSW Labor election launch
By state political reporter Kamin Gock and Paulina Vidal
The Prime Minister attacks the Perrottet government at NSW Labor's election campaign launch, saying it is falling apart, plagued by scandal and "cracking like an imported light rail carriage".
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Sydney man, 79, evicted from home after 30 years as rental crisis hits hard
By Paige Cockburn and Kamin Gock
Bob Davis is being evicted from his Sydney rental home of 30 years and doesn't like his chances of finding something else in the city's white-hot market. Housing policy has become a battleground ahead of the state election.
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NSW Labor vows to create and fund new energy corporation if elected
By state political reporter Kamin Gock and Maryanne Taouk
The New South Wales opposition says the Energy Security Corporation would drive investment into renewables to ensure services "when the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn't blow".
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Former NRL star Terry Campese steps down as Labor's candidate for Monaro
By state political reporter Kamin Gock
Terry Campese's decision comes after a media report revealed he visited a school friend convicted of drug dealing at Macquarie Correctional Centre last year to raise money for his charity.
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Receipts show mayor charged taxpayers for Tokyo massage, alcohol and luxury clothes
By Carla Hildebrandt, Kamin Gock, and Paige Cockburn
Canterbury-Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour steps down as a NSW Labor candidate for the upper house due to what he describes as a "vicious smear campaign" against him.
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NSW government promises $500 million to fill potholes and fix roads
By Helena Burke and Kamin Gock
Councils will soon get access to a $500 million pool to repair hundreds of thousands of potholes on NSW roads.
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NSW Liberal MP defeated in preselection, rebuked again in political run
By state political reporter Kamin Gock
Melanie Gibbons's political career has been dumped as the Liberals are set to favour gender parity. It is Ms Gibbons's latest loss after she failed to recontest her south-west Sydney seat after 12 years.
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One night changed Anthony's life — 15 years later he's still dealing with the scars
Exclusive, by state political reporter Kamin Gock
When Anthony Shipley was 16, he spent the night in a cell at a juvenile detention centre in Western Sydney — now, years later, he's in a legal battle to try and get compensation for what happened there.
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William Tyrrell's foster mother found not guilty of lying to NSW Crime Commission
By Kamin Gock
The foster mother of William Tyrrell is found not guilty of lying to the NSW Crime Commission, and urges police to focus their efforts on looking for the missing boy.
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NSW Labor commits to building trains locally, more full-time teacher spots if elected next year
By state political reporter Kamin Gock and Maryanne Taouk
Opposition Leader Chris Minns unveils Labor's plan to revive rail manufacturing and "backs the NSW teaching workforce" with a promise of creating more permanent jobs.
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Review shows medical staff 'wrongly assumed' results were false in lead-up to 8yo girl's death
Exclusive by Kamin Gock with additional reporting by Sian Johnson
The parents of eight-year-old Amrita Lanka, who died in hospital earlier this year, say it is "torture" knowing their daughter may have lived if she had received better care.
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Parents say 'gentle, sensitive' toddler who died after being rushed to ICU deserved better
Exclusive by Kamin Gock with additional reporting by Sian Johnson
Less than a month ago, Zayne died in hospital at 23 months of age. His parents say their concerns about the toddler's condition were dismissed by medical staff and they believe his care at Monash Children's Hospital was lacking.
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NSW minister Rob Stokes announces retirement
By state political reporter Kamin Gock
Minister for Infrastructure Rob Stokes, who was in the running to take over as premier of NSW, has announced his retirement from politics.
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Mother of hairdresser killed in Sydney gangland shooting tells of final phone call hours before hit
Exclusive by Kamin Gock, Nabil Al Nashar and Heath Parkes-Hupton
A Sydney hairdresser killed in a brazen shooting at the weekend was planning her engagement at the time of her death, her distraught mother says.
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'Our heart is broken': Sydney hairdresser identified among two women shot dead
By Heath Parkes-Hupton and Kamin Gock
Tributes are being paid to a Sydney hairdresser believed to be an innocent party caught up in a targeted shooting in the city's south-west at the weekend.
Second man charged with murder of Sydney father shot multiple times in car park
By Kamin Gock
A man is extradited from Thailand to face murder charges over the 2014 death of Bradley Dillon, who died in a Leichhardt shopping centre car park after being shot.
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Jail a possibility for Guy Sebastian's former manager, as singer says guilty verdict is 'a lot to absorb'
By Jake Lapham and Kamin Gock
Guy Sebastian's former manager Titus Day avoids jail, for now, as he awaits to be sentenced for embezzling more than $600,000 from the singer.
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