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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay

Jo Haylen had to go once it was clear chauffeur wasn’t justified for second Hunter Valley trip, premier says

Jo Haylen and Chris Minns
Chris Minns has said the 2024 Hunter Valley trip involved some work by Jo Haylen but ‘it didn’t justify having a driver’. She has now resigned. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The New South Wales premier says Jo Haylen had to go once a second Hunter Valley trip using a chauffeur-driven car was revealed – and it became obvious she was not “justified” in having a ministerial driver that day.

Chris Minns addressed the media on Wednesday for the first time after Haylen quit as transport minister on Tuesday over the use of taxpayer-funded cars for private purposes.

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