Jo Haylen resigns as NSW transport minister over taxpayer driver scandal
NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen has announced she is resigning from the portfolio but will stay on in state parliament after a series of car expense scandals.
Haylen has been under pressure after it was revealed she tasked a taxpayer-funded driver to take her to a winery lunch and drop her children off at weekend sport in Sydney.
On Tuesday, she announced she was stepping down from the post.
“As I said on Sunday, I have made mistakes, people aren’t perfect,” she said in a statement, adding she had notified the NSW Premier Chris Minns of her resignation.
“I did not break the rules, but I acknowledge that that’s not the only test here. I’ve let the public down and I’m very sorry for that.”
The transport minister promised to pay back the $750 cost of the trip and acknowledged it did not pass the “pub test”.
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