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Alex Mitchell and Neve Brissenden

'Kills me': senior minister quits over car trip scandal

Jo Haylen has fallen on her sword to end the scandal engulfing the NSW government. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

A senior minister admits she lost public goodwill by repeatedly using taxpayer-funded chauffeur-driven cars for private trips, after bowing to pressure and quitting cabinet.

NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen resigned on Tuesday after a series of car-related scandals in which she asked a government driver to take her to a boozy lunch at a winery and drop her children off at weekend sport in Sydney.

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