Chris Minns
Transport Minister Jo Haylen quits over chauffeur scandal
Haylen, one of Premier Chris Minns’ closest allies in parliament, will step down from the ministry after a string of revelations surrounding her use of ministerial vehicles.
- Michael McGowan, Max Maddison and Alexandra Smith
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- Political leadership
Why Haylen had to go – and why the premier resisted pushing her
Premier Chris Minns is only changing the rules for parliamentary drivers because Jo Haylen was caught out. The government has better things to do with its time.
- Alexandra Smith
Minns to ask transport minister about alleged second winery trip
After being blindsided on 2GB radio, the premier has agreed to confront Jo Haylen about another allegation of her using a taxpayer funded driver to take her on a winery trip.
- Max Maddison and Jessica McSweeney
Haylen used taxpayer-funded chauffeur for kids’ weekend sports run
The transport minister will keep her job despite disrespecting the use of a taxpayer-funded ministerial driver, the premier said.
- Max Maddison
Antisemitism stoush to dominate parliament as government blacklists white supremacist channel
The government has slapped first-of-their-kind counter-terrorism sanctions on the Terrorgram online network as part of a crackdown on antisemitism.
- Matthew Knott and Sally Rawsthorne
The election promise NSW Labor doesn’t want to talk about
A cashless gambling trial was meant to guide public policy on poker machines, but divisions are wider than ever and the government is in a pickle. What went wrong?
- Harriet Alexander
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- Antisemitism
‘Alarming breakdown’: Albanese under pressure to reveal when he learnt of terror plot
Experts say authorities should have warned Albanese about the discovery of a caravan full of explosives earlier as terrorism is “an attack on our whole nation”.
- Matthew Knott, Alexandra Smith and David Crowe
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- Crime
Who knew and who didn’t: Inside the caravan bomb discovery that blindsided federal ministers
The key decision made after the explosives were found was that the details of the investigation had to remain under wraps, which meant political leaders could not know.
- David Crowe and Perry Duffin
Albanese says antisemitic ‘cowards’ will be ‘hunted down, locked up’
Israel’s foreign minister said antisemitism was “spreading in Australia almost unchecked” and he expected more action to stop attacks on the Jewish community.
- Matthew Knott
What is Powergel, the ‘high-strength’ explosive that can take out a building?
The explosive discovered in a Sydney caravan is widely used by the mining industry and had the potential to cause a devastating “mass-casualty event”.
- Riley Walter and Simon Johanson
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