New documents raise fresh questions for NSW premier about sacking of Eleni Petinos

Hours before Dominic Perrottet sacked his fair trading minister, his chief of staff received a copy of letter now referred to Icac, according to documents released to parliament

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The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, sacked the fair trading minister Eleni Petinos on the same day his chief of staff was given a copy of an explosive resignation letter from the former building commissioner David Chandler.

Perrottet has repeatedly said the letter - which he referred to Icac out of an abundance of caution" - was not a factor" in his decision to sack Petinos last month.

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