Australia Day 2021: New citiznes sworn in at Rathmines Theatre on the shores of Lake Macquarie

Simon McCarthy
Updated January 27 2021 - 12:04pm, first published January 26 2021 - 2:30pm
Fulgence Mbonimpa of Gateshead became an Australian citizen at Rathmines Theatre on Tuesday. Picture: Marina Neil
Fulgence Mbonimpa of Gateshead became an Australian citizen at Rathmines Theatre on Tuesday. Picture: Marina Neil

Shortland MP Pat Conroy was rattling off numbers like an auctioneer. He had asked 40 of Lake Macquarie's newest citizens, about to take the oath, to indulge him in a game.

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Simon McCarthy

Simon McCarthy

Journalist, Newcastle Herald

Simon McCarthy is a journalist working at the Newcastle Herald in NSW. He writes news and features, and produces video and multimedia, for the Herald and Herald Weekender magazine. He contributes regularly to the Newcastle Herald’s daily Topics column, and is the co-creator and producer of the Toohey’s News podcast. McCarthy has worked as a journalist in regional NSW since 2013. He joined the newsroom of the Newcastle Herald in 2017 from the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he worked from 2015 to 2016.

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