Chris Minns asked for Tim Crakanthorp’s resignation on Wednesday after becoming aware of a breach of the ministerial code
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The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has concerns the former minister for the Hunter Tim Crakanthorp may have acted for “private interests” while in the cabinet, prompting a referral to the state’s corruption watchdog.
Minns dumped the Newcastle MP this week after becoming aware of “substantial private land holdings” owned by his wife and parents-in-law that he failed to disclose – a breach of the ministerial code.
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