Premier Chris Minns has been referred to the corruption watchdog as a major scandal engulfs the NSW government

NSW Premier Chris Minns has been referred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

It relates to a multi-million dollar deal to turn Rosehill Racecourse into a housing development.

The unsolicited proposal to turn Rosehill Racecourse into 25,000 homes was reportedly fast-tracked through an informal meeting between Mr Minns and Steve McMahon, head of corporate affairs and government relations at the Australian Turf Club.

Mr McMahon is described as an old friend of the Prime Minister.

A parliamentary committee investigating the deal has voted to refer the rushed project, for which not even full construction drawings have been completed, to the state’s anti-corruption watchdog.

“The committee is of the view that the Prime Minister should have declared a conflict of interest, particularly in light of the ICAC ruling on Operation Keppel,” the committee report said.

Operation Keppel refers to the ICAC’s finding that former Liberal NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian engaged in seriously corrupt conduct with her then lover, former Liberal MP Darryl Mcguire.

The scandal forced Ms Berejiklian to resign as Prime Minister and leave politics entirely.

It is for the ICAC to decide whether the friendship between Mr Minns and Mr McMahon has inappropriately influenced the redevelopment of Rosehill.

Daily Mail Australia is not suggesting there was any wrongdoing on behalf of either man.

There’s more to come.