New documents raise fresh questions for NSW premier about sacking of Eleni Petinos

Dominic Perrottet says the sacking of Eleni Petinos was not related to the building commissioner’s letter but to ‘separate claims’ after she was accused in media reports of running an unsafe office, allegations she has denied. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, sacked the fair trading minister Eleni Petinos on the same day his chief of staff was given a copy of an explosive resignation letter from the former building commissioner David Chandler.

Perrottet has repeatedly said the letter – which he referred to Icac “out of an abundance of caution” – was “not a factor” in his decision to sack Petinos last month.