Tim Crakanthorp

The Honourable
Tim Crakanthorp
MP
Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education
In office
5 April 2023 – 3 August 2023
PremierChris Minns
Preceded byAlister Henskens (as Minister for Skills and Training)
Succeeded byPrue Car
Minister for the Hunter
In office
5 April 2023 – 3 August 2023
PremierChris Minns
Succeeded byYasmin Catley
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Newcastle
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 October 2014
Preceded byTim Owen
Personal details
Born3 June
PartyLabor
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPublic servant
Websitewww.timcrakanthorp.com

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. Crakanthorp was an elected Councillor on Newcastle City Council for eight years. When he was elected to the Legislative Assembly he was still a serving Councillor on Newcastle City Council.

Crakanthorp was the Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education, and the Minister for the Hunter in the NSW Minns ministry. He was asked to resign after three months due to identified undisclosed conflicts of interest.

In June 2024, a teenager was charged with terrorism offences after entering Crakanthorp's office with weapons. The teen had filmed the minister and had made threats.

Resignation and breach of the public trust

On 2 August 2023, the Premier asked Crakanthorp to resign from the Ministry as the Premier had "formed the view that Mr Crakanthorp has failed to comply with his obligations under the Ministerial Code of Conduct to promptly notify me of a potential conflict of interest". Conflicts of interest related to substantial undisclosed property holdings held by Mr Cranakthorp's family.

Media reporting indicated concerns had been raised with the Premier directly on Mr Crakanthorp's failure to disclose conflicts.

The matter was referred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) for investigation admit concerns projects in the Hunter had been potentially tarnished by Mr Crakanthorp's conflict's interest.

On 10 April 2024 ICAC handed its report to the NSW Government, which then released the document. ICAC found Crakanthorp's failure to disclose property holdings "constituted a breach of public trust" as he had "knowingly failed to declare a conflict of interest." The report stated "Mr Crakanthorp was aware of his duty to disclose his conflict and yet failed to do so while he participated in meetings about [conflicted developments]".

As Mr Crakanthorp had resigned as Minister before taking any actions beyond "preliminary acts", the ICAC found Mr Crakanthorp had been unable to have conducted himself at a standard of "corrupt conduct".

References

  1. ↑ "Member for Newcastle". Hansard. 3 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mr (Tim) Timothy Carson CRAKANTHORP, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "2014 Newcastle by-election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  4. ↑ "NSW Shadow Ministry". Parliament of NSW. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Rose, Tamsin (27 June 2024). "Teenager charged with planning terrorist attack after allegedly entering NSW MP's office with knives". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "VIDEO: Teen charged over terror plot against Newcastle MP". abc.net.au. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  7. 1 2 Minns, Chris (2 August 2023). "Statement on the Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education and the Minister for the Hunter". NSW Ministerial Statements. NSW Government. Retrieved 4 November 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ McLeod, Catie; Rose, Tamsin (4 August 2023). "Tim Crakanthorp's chief of staff reported his boss's failure to disclose property holdings". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  9. ↑ McGowan, Michael (3 August 2023). "Sacked minister's chief of staff reported family's 'substantial' property portfolio". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  10. ↑ Rose, Tamsin; McLeod, Catie (3 August 2023). "NSW premier concerned sacked minister may have acted for 'private interests'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  11. 1 2 3 NSW Government (11 April 2024). "Independent Commission Against Corruption Report – Tim Crakanthorp". NSW Government. NSW Government. Retrieved 4 November 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)