The New South Wales minister for the Hunter, Tim Crakanthorp, has been sacked from his ministry and referred to the state’s anti-corruption watchdog for allegedly failing to declare “substantial private family holdings” in a breach of the ministerial code.
In a snap press conference on Wednesday afternoon, the premier, Chris Minns, 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.
