Documents released via freedom of information show then-agriculture minister Dugald Saunders took a ministerial vehicle with him on a controversial Hunter Valley trip.
The Coalition senator has had to repay expenses she improperly claimed from the taxpayer 13 times totalling almost $11,000.
Both sides of the political divide will be trying to out-do each other over use of taxpayer-funded chauffeurs.
Both sides of politics have skeletons in the wine cellar. Now the door is being flung open.
NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders was the only passenger on a 34-minute taxpayer-funded flight from Dubbo to the Hunter region for a two-day trip which included a wine tour and tasting.
The fallout from Jo Haylen’s resignation will force Premier Chris Minns into his first substantial reshuffle since being elected two years ago.
Haylen,one of Premier Chris Minns’ closest allies in parliament,will step down from the ministry after a string of revelations surrounding her use of ministerial vehicles.
Premier Chris Minns is only changing the rules for parliamentary drivers because Jo Haylen was caught out. The government has better things to do with its time.
After being blindsided on 2GB radio,the premier has agreed to confront Jo Haylen about another allegation of her using a taxpayer funded driver to take her on a winery trip.
The transport minister will keep her job despite disrespecting the use of a taxpayer-funded ministerial driver,the premier said.