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Property development
Sacked minister’s chief of staff reported family’s ‘substantial’ property portfolio
Tim Crakanthorp’s chief of staff raised the alarm with the premier’s office after his boss failed to disclose his family’s land holdings.
- by Michael McGowan
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Opinion
Chris Minns still has questions to answer on Tim Crakanthorp
Faced with his first big scandal, the NSW premier got on the front foot. But plenty about the Crakanthorp saga remains unclear.
- by Michael McGowan
Hell hath no fury like the mother-in-law of a sacked politician
After his blossoming political career came crashing down around him in a tumultuous 24 hours, Tim Crakanthorp must have awoken on Thursday morning believing things could not get any worse.
- by Carrie Fellner
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Property development
Crakanthorp was ‘knocking on doors’ over redevelopment his family could have benefited from
The MP held many meetings as a minister over plans for a potential multibillion-dollar redevelopment in Newcastle that could have substantially improved the value of land held by his family.
- by Michael McGowan and Max Maddison
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Development
Premier questioned over City of Sydney development exemption
There are calls for Chris Minns to explain why a council won’t be included in the scheme to drive high-density housing across Sydney.
- by Max Maddison
Big builders on edge about risk of delays to Metro West contracts
The government has been warned that construction companies can’t afford to have staff “sitting twiddling their thumbs” while waiting for contracts to be awarded.
- by Matt O'Sullivan
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Chris Minns
Minns sacks minister from cabinet for ‘conflict of interest over family holdings’
NSW Premier Chris Minns has sacked Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education Minister Tim Crakanthorp for failing to disclose “substantial private family holdings in the Hunter region”.
- by Max Maddison, Michael McGowan and Carrie Fellner
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Chris Minns
Minns acted swiftly, but premier’s first ministerial casualty has come all too quickly
Just four months in and Labor has suffered its first ministerial sacking over the smelly combination of property interests and improper disclosure.
- by Michael Koziol
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Planning
Minns government on cusp of rewriting Sydney housing density reforms
The NSW premier’s plans to let developers build higher and denser, in return for affordable and social housing, have been branded “impractical and unfeasible”.
- by Max Maddison and Michael McGowan
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Public transport
Opposition targets timing of minister’s meeting with ‘Labor mate’
Transport Minister Jo Haylen met with a former Labor staffer whom she later hired as the state’s top transport official just days after the ALP won the election, raising questions about the hiring process for the job.
- by Michael McGowan
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Liberal Party
Liberal documents reveal election fears as donations dry up
Internal NSW Liberal Party documents warn that lacklustre fundraising and “dysfunction” within the party could hamper its chances at the next federal election.
- by Max Maddison