Premier Chris Minns requested the resignation, citing ‘a clear breach of the ministerial code’
minister for the Hunter, Tim Crakanthorp, has been sacked from his ministry and referred to the state’s anti-corruption watchdog for allegedlyIn a snap press conference on Wednesday afternoon, the premier,, said he asked Crakanthorp to resign as a minister after he became aware of the properties across the Hunter region, for which he was the minister responsible.
Minns said the Newcastle MP had “failed to comply with his obligations as a minister” by not declaring the properties owned by his wife and in-laws, causing potential conflicts of interest for matters discussed by the cabinet and within his ministry.“This has given rise to concerns that he may have acted in matters in which he had a conflict between his public duties and private interests of members of his family,” Minns said.
“Mr Crakanthorp did not supply information about substantial private family holdings in the Hunter region until recently, when he should have, constituting a clear breach of the ministerial code.” Minns said he had forwarded the information to the Independent Commission Against Corruption to assess and potentially investigate.
If the commission begins an investigation, Minns said Crakanthorp would no longer be welcome in the parliamentary
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