The Business of Being a Catholic in NSW

Documents obtained by Michael West Media reveal NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and deputy Paul Toole actively supported the handover hundreds of millions of dollars in Sydney’s cemetery assets to a company controlled by the Catholic Church between 2017 and 2020.

The CMCT is a government trust which oversees and collects payments managing government assets. This means that Peter O’Mara as CEO of the CMCT spent over a million dollars public money to develop an arrangement to transfer hundreds of millions in public assets directly to the Church. Minister Pavey is expected to seek a referral to the NSW Auditor-General to have the CMCT account investigated.

Source: Documents reveal Dominic Perrottet, Paul Toole lobbied for Catholic control of $5bn cemeteries – Michael West Media