Credit: Dion Georgopoulos A key line of inquiry from the committee focused on the friendship between Minns and ATC government relations manager Steve McMahon, who raised the idea of the housing ...

"It would've been — I can't remember his position — but Steve McMahon at the ATC," Mr Minns said at the time. "I have known him for a long time." A report into the proposal will be handed down ...

The idea to sell the racecourse was pitched by Australian Turf Club (ATC) corporate affairs head Steve McMahon in a meeting with Mr Minns and his Chief of Staff James Cullen on October 30 ...

But what wasn’t announced at the time was that nearly two months earlier the plan came to the government from the Premier’s longtime friend Steve McMahon who worked for racecourse owner ...

The alleged conflict stems from a friendship between Chris Minns and Australian Turf Club official Steve McMahon. There is no suggestion any collusion took place between the Premier and Mr McMahon.