Premier Chris Minns requested the resignation, citing ‘a clear breach of the ministerial code’
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The New South Wales minister for the Hunter, Tim Crakanthorp, has been sacked from his ministry and referred to the state’s anti-corruption watchdog for allegedly failing to declare “substantial private family holdings” in his constituency in breach of the ministerial code.
In a hastily convened press conference on Wednesday afternoon, the premier, Chris Minns, said he asked Crakanthorp “to resign as a minister and he has agreed to do that”.
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