The Jo Haylen scandal is a key test for Chris Minns. Is he a man of his word or not? Is he a premier who believes in integrity and accountability or not?
The latest jobs-for-the-boys scandal engulfing Transport Minister Jo Haylen represents a key test for the relatively new premier, Chris Minns. Is he a man of his word or not? Is he a premier who believes in integrity and accountability or not? Does he respect taxpayers or does he plan to treat them like idiots?in which he promised Labor would adhere to the highest levels of probity should the party return to government after 12 years in the political wilderness.
Minns’ lofty words of August 2022 look hollow this week as he digs in to protect a minister who has proven herself unworthy of high office. Having narrowly survived the furore over the appointment of Josh Murray – a friend of Haylen and Minns, former chief of staff to Morris Iemma and minor Labor Party donor – the new secretary of NSW Transport, Haylen is again under fire courtesy of a fresh jobs-for-the-boys scandal.
Minns also claimed the public isn’t interested in Haylen’s conduct because they just want trains to run on time. The latter part may be true. But isn’t it possible commuters also want the people in charge of the expenditure of taxpayer funds to hold and practise the highest ethical standards? To suggest the public is so singularly focused on performance – and not how a government uses scarce resources for its political benefit – is insulting.
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