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Tim Crakanthorp

Tim Crakanthorp

Australian politician

Timothy Carson Crakanthorp is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 25 October 2014, when he was elected in a by-election to the seat of Newcastle.[3] Mr Crakanthorp was an elected Councillor on Newcastle City Council for 8 years. When he was elected to the Legislative Assembly he was still a serving Councillor on Newcastle City Council.[4]

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Crakanthorp was the Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education, and the Minister for the Hunter in the NSW Minns ministry[5] before stepping down amid allegations of breaching the Ministerial Code of Conduct.

On the 10th of April 2024, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced that it was terminating its preliminary investigation because it was "satisfied that there are no reasonable prospects of finding Mr Crakanthorp’s conduct is sufficiently serious to justify a finding of corrupt conduct".[6]

Mr Crakanthorp continues to represent his community in the NSW Legislative Assembly in his capacity as the State Member for Newcastle.

References

  1. [1]
    "Member for Newcastle". Hansard. 3 June 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Candidates – The Legislative Assembly District of Newcastle". elections.nsw.gov.au. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Mr (Tim) Timothy Carson CRAKANTHORP, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. [4]
    Green, Antony. "2014 Newcastle by-election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  5. [5]
    "NSW Shadow Ministry". Parliament of NSW. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Statement regarding Mr Timothy Crakanthorp MP - Independent Commission Against Corruption". www.icac.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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