Labor candidate calls for minister’s sacking during NSW inquiry into council’s actions

Canterbury Bankstown mayor Khal Asfour tells committee he's had a target on my back' since the pandemic

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A New South Wales Labor candidate has accused a parliamentary committee of wasting taxpayers' money by investigating him for impropriety and called for a government minister to be sacked.

The Canterbury Bankstown mayor, Khal Asfour, has been called as a witness by the upper house committee, which is looking into allegations of impropriety at Canterbury Bankstown council.