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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose and Catie McLeod

NSW premier concerned sacked minister may have acted for ‘private interests’

Tim Crakanthorp
The minister for the Hunter, Tim Crakanthorp, was sacked by the NSW premier, Chris Minns, on Wednesday. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has concerns the former minister for the Hunter Tim Crakanthorp may have acted for “private interests” while in the cabinet, prompting a referral to the state’s corruption watchdog.

Minns dumped the Newcastle MP this week after becoming aware of “substantial private land holdings” owned by his wife and parents-in-law that he failed to disclose – a breach of the ministerial code.

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