Jo Haylen has quit as the New South Wales transport minister after revelations about her use of a ministerial car for private purposes.
It emerged on the weekend that Haylen had asked her chauffeur to take her and some friends to a winery lunch that involved a 446km round-trip for the driver.
“I have made mistakes, people aren’t perfect,” Haylen said at a hastily arranged press conference. The premier, Chris Minns, has tightened the rules governing ministerial drivers to prevent the types of journeys that Haylen took.
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In 2003, Martin Scorsese’s chances of winning the best director Oscar for Gangs of New York were undermined by a disingenuous puff piece. Whether it’s tricky past social posts, news meltdowns or PR teams trying too hard to make an impact, Oscar campaigns can easily go off-script.
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