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Plans to slash Sydney Park Junction upgrades were circulated within Transport for NSW four days after then Transport Minister Jo Haylen (right) promised that no such cuts would be made, after she and senior minister John Graham (left) were urgently briefed.

The transport minister made a safety promise. Four days later, it was torn apart

Plans to slash critical upgrades for a major Sydney intersection were shared between Transport bureaucrats four days after the minister ruled out any such cuts.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo

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Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig, Health Minister Ryan Park and Attorney-General Michael Daley.

Revealed: The NSW ministers who used drivers for family holidays

Both sides of the political divide will be trying to out-do each other over use of taxpayer-funded chauffeurs.

  • Michael McGowan, Max Maddison and Alexandra Smith

To be a political cleanskin, here’s a tip: Abstain from wineries

Both sides of politics have skeletons in the wine cellar. Now the door is being flung open.

  • Alexandra Smith
Jo Haylen.

Unforced errors like Haylen’s are signs of hubris. Voters will have taken note

Jo Haylen’s unauthorised use of a government car and driver begs the question: has the Minns government grown too comfortable with the trappings of power?

  • Alexandra Smith
Rose Jackson, NSW Minister for Housing and Homelessness visits units to be refurbished in Telopea

MPs line up for ministries as Jackson admits she ‘should have spoken up’

The fallout from Jo Haylen’s resignation will force Premier Chris Minns into his first substantial reshuffle since being elected two years ago.

  • Max Maddison
Jo Haylen has resigned as transport minister.

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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Jo Haylen.

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
Transport Minister Jo Haylen.

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
Transport minister Jo Haylen.

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
Jo Haylen who took a ministerial car to a private lunch at Brokenwood estate.

‘Contempt for taxpayer’: Haylen to pay back cost of personal Hunter Valley tour

NSW’s transport minister booked a government car for a private trip with friends including colleague Rose Jackson.

  • Michael McGowan

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