Three days on from the spectacular shutdown of Sydney’s train system, significant questions have emerged about the role played by the transport minister, David Elliott.
While the New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, insisted on Wednesday that he still had confidence in Elliott, he rebuked his failure to tell members of the government of the looming crisis and for the decision to go to bed while the department scrambled to resolve industrial action taken by the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU).
