By all accounts, Jim Minns is a top bloke – a smart, driven industrial officer-turned lawyer who fights for a safer workplace for prison guards. Like all private citizens, he has every right to chew his brother’s ear off about anything he wants.

His big brother is NSW Premier Chris Minns. When it comes to the personal affiliations of the elected official, different rules apply. Under ICAC regulations, ministers – and the premier – are supposed to declare private relationships that have the potential to influence decisions or actions in their public role. This rule was at the heart of findings against former premier Gladys Berejiklian, who failed to tell anyone about her relationship with MP Daryl Maguire .

Jim Minns and Chris Minns. Credit: SMH

Minns the younger is a lawyer and fo

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