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Duncan Murray and Jacob Shteyman

NSW to pay out $450,000 to sacked department heads

NSW Premier Chris Minns will reinstate a Cabinet Office to provide advice to his government. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

NSW taxpayers will foot more than $1.3 million in redundancy bills paid to three sacked senior executives after Premier Chris Minns swung the axe through the public service.

The most senior officials in Treasury, education and transport will each receive about $450,000 in payouts after the newly elected government showed them the door within weeks of taking power, adding further strain to the state's finances.

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