Inquiry into ministerial propriety in NSW

A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry will be held into ministerial propriety in NSW amid claims about the conduct of a number of government ministers.

The minor parties sided with Labor in the upper house on Thursday to vote in favour of the committee, which will have the power to compel witnesses to appear.

It will look into ministerial responsibility, potential conflicts of interest between a minister's public and private interests, the influence of lobbying and the lobbyist code of conduct.

"Several ministers within the O'Farrell government have been subjected to serious questions over their conduct in office," Opposition Leader John Robertson said after the vote.

Labor MP Luke Foley said the "soap opera" surrounding former finance minister Greg Pearce, who was sacked earlier this month, showed the government had failed to deliver on its promised higher standards.

Mr Pearce became the government's first ministerial casualty for failing to disclose a conflict of interest over an appointment to the board of Sydney Water.

The committee could examine allegations raised during budget estimates last week over Treasurer Mike Baird's role in the appointments of three Liberal Party donors to the boards of state-owned corporations.

Community Services Minister Pru Goward has also been accused of misleading parliament and the public over the number of case workers in child protection.

"There is a serious case for the upper house - as the house of review - to take a closer look at the conduct, the actions and the statements of Barry O'Farrell's ministers in office," said Mr Foley, who is the opposition leader of the upper house.

"If NSW ministers are behaving ethically, with probity and are telling the truth, they have nothing to fear."

Asked about the inquiry on Thursday morning, Mr O'Farrell said he was happy to co-operate and appear before any review.

The state's corruption watchdog last month recommended two former Labor MPs, Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid, be charged following the largest corruption investigation in NSW's history.

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