Transport Minister Jo Haylen suffered a “massive error of judgement” and disrespected a taxpayer-funded driver but will keep her job, the premier said.
Two ministers who dispatched a taxpayer-funded driver on a 13-hour, 446-kilometre round trip to ferry a group of friends for a long lunch on the Australia Day long weekend suffered a “massive error of judgement” but won’t be sacked over the incident.
NSW Premier Chris Minns says two ministers who used a taxpayer-funded driver to ferry herself and friends to lunch over the Australia Day long weekend won’t be sacked.Minns said he had made clear to both ministers he “personally regarded” it as a “massive error of judgment”, saying the incident gave the government a poor reputation, with many members of the community rightly unhappy with the behaviour.
In NSW, government ministers and the opposition leader are granted the use of a ministerial vehicle and driver.Despite his displeasure, and his belief the driver had been “treated with disrespect”, neither Haylen nor Jackson would face repercussions over the incident, Minns said, and there would be no change to their use of taxpayer-funded ministerial vehicles.
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