A senior New South Wales transport official who was in contact with the minister David Elliott’s office on the night before the sensational shutdown of the state’s rail system has been placed on “directed leave” a day before she was to appear at a parliamentary hearing.
Megan Bourke-O’Neil, NSW Transport’s deputy secretary for greater Sydney, had been due to answer questions at a budget estimates hearing on Tuesday about contact she had with Elliott’s office in the hours before last week’s shutdown.
