Tim Crakanthorp

The Honourable
Tim Crakanthorp
MP
Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education
In office
5 April 2023 – 3 August 2023
PremierChris Minns
Preceded byAlister Henskens (as Minister for Skills and Training)
Succeeded byPrue Car
Minister for the Hunter
In office
5 April 2023 – 3 August 2023
PremierChris Minns
Succeeded byYasmin Catley
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Newcastle
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 October 2014
Preceded byTim Owen
Personal details
Born3 June[1]
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor
ResidenceHamilton South[2]
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPublic servant
Websitewww.timcrakanthorp.com

Timothy Carson Crakanthorp is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 25 October 2014, when he was elected in a by-election to the seat of Newcastle.[3] Mr Crakanthorp was an elected Councillor on Newcastle City Council for 8 years. When he was elected to the Legislative Assembly he was still a serving Councillor on Newcastle City Council.[4]

Crakanthorp was the Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education, and the Minister for the Hunter in the NSW Minns ministry[5] before stepping down amid allegations of breaching the Ministerial Code of Conduct due to failing to disclose his pecuniary interests of land holdings in an urban redevelopment project within his portfolio.

On the 10th of April 2024, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced that it was terminating its preliminary investigation because it was "satisfied that there are no reasonable prospects of finding Mr Crakanthorp’s conduct is sufficiently serious to justify a finding of corrupt conduct".[6]

In June 2024, a teenager was charged with terrorism offences after entering Crakanthorp's office with weapons.[7] The teen had filmed the minister and had made threats.[8]

  1. ^ "Member for Newcastle". Hansard. 3 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Candidates – The Legislative Assembly District of Newcastle". elections.nsw.gov.au. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Mr (Tim) Timothy Carson CRAKANTHORP, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "2014 Newcastle by-election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  5. ^ "NSW Shadow Ministry". Parliament of NSW. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Statement regarding Mr Timothy Crakanthorp MP - Independent Commission Against Corruption". www.icac.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  7. ^ Rose, Tamsin (27 June 2024). "Teenager charged with planning terrorist attack after allegedly entering NSW MP's office with knives". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  8. ^ "VIDEO: Teen charged over terror plot against Newcastle MP". abc.net.au. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.