Mental health minister battling psychiatrists in pay dispute told to quit after $750 Aus Day chauffeur trip

Mental health minister Rose Jackson used a ministerial car to visit a winery.
Rose Jackson. Photo: Facebook.

The NSW Minister for Mental Health, already under fire over the mass resignation of psychiatrists from the state’s collapsing mental health system, is facing fresh criticism for using a taxpayer-funded ministerial driver for a personal trip during the Australia Day weekend.

Rose Jackson and her friend, NSW Minister for Transport Jo Haylen, travelled to the Hunter Valley’s Brokenwood Wines in NSW for a three-hour lunch using Ms Haylen’s ministerial driver.