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Daniel Mookhey is not a treasurer from central casting

Daniel Mookhey is not a treasurer from central casting

The son of migrants-made-good and former unionist on the market-based values driving a ‘modernisation’ agenda that might put a few noses out of joint.

Like many immigrants, education is a central ingredient in NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s life story. Sitthixay Ditthavong

Chatkazz, in Harris Park, has a rich political pedigree. The vegetarian Indian restaurant was visited by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after it received a shoutout from his visiting Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, in 2023.

After all that fuss, a visit from Nitin Daniel Mookhey, the NSW Treasurer since Labor’s state election win in March 2023, might seem less exciting. But perhaps that figures because Mookhey is a regular here, along with his wife and kids.

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Paul Karp
NSW political correspondentPaul Karp is The Australian Financial Review’s NSW political correspondent.

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