Van Haylen scandal rolls on: Ministerial driver keeps job after judge rules dismissal threat unjust
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Source: The Age
Published: 2026-09-22 16:04 UTC+10:00
Section: Politics / NSW
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Transport, Australia, Law & Courts, Crime & Justice
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The ministerial driver who ferried former transport minister Jo Haylen on a 13-hour, 446-kilometre van trip for a boozy three-hour lunch in the Hunter Valley has prevented the Minns government from sacking him after a judge found the threatened dismissal unjust and unreasonable.
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