Patrick Carl Scully (born 4 April 1957), was an Australian politician and minister in the New South Wales state government before his forced resignation on 25 October 2006. Scully was born in Sydney and educated at state schools. He graduated in law from Macquarie University, Sydney, and has been active in the Australian Labor Party since his student days.

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  • Patrick Carl Scully (born 4 April 1957), was an Australian politician and minister in the New South Wales state government before his forced resignation on 25 October 2006. Scully was born in Sydney and educated at state schools. He graduated in law from Macquarie University, Sydney, and has been active in the Australian Labor Party since his student days. He practiced as a solicitor before being elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as member for the safe seat of Smithfield in 1990. He is a member of the dominant right-wing faction of the New South Wales Labor Party. Scully was Minister for Small Business and Regional Development in 1995, Minister for State Development 1995, Minister for Public Works and Services 1995-97, Minister for Roads and Transport 1997-2003 and Minister for Housing 2003-05, and Minister for Police from 2005-2006. Scully was considered a possible candidate to succeed Bob Carr as Premier of New South Wales, and announced his intention to run for the position after Carr announced his resignation in July 2005. But he withdrew from the contest on 29 July when it became clear that Health Minister Morris Iemma had majority support in the Labor Caucus. Although Scully publicly blamed the party machine for working against him, it was reported that some Labor MPs feared his record as Transport Minister during the Waterfall train disaster and other problems would have worked against the Labor Party at the next State election if he was Leader. Carl Scully was sacked as NSW Police minister on 25 October 2006 by Morris Iemma, after having misled parliament twice in two weeks over the consequences of the 2005 Cronulla riots in December 2005. He had misled parliament when he had said he had not seen a report on the incident. Then-Opposition Leader Peter Debnam had repeatedly called for Scully's resignation. Scully did not recontest the seat of Smithfield at the March 2007 State election. Carl Scully was the NSW State Minister for Roads during the 2008-09 widely unpopular implementation of a cashless tollway system of Sydney roads dubbed the "$100m e-tag swindle". It initially included a $24 administration fee for Interlink accounts not used more than 24 times per quarter - which he said the Government would not prevent - and a $40 bond to purchase the essentially compulsory tags. Due to widespread complaints these decisions were reversed however, the final cost to commuters is currently unknown.
  • Patrick Carl Scully, é um político australiano.
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  • 1990 – 2007
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  • Patrick Carl Scully (born 4 April 1957), was an Australian politician and minister in the New South Wales state government before his forced resignation on 25 October 2006. Scully was born in Sydney and educated at state schools. He graduated in law from Macquarie University, Sydney, and has been active in the Australian Labor Party since his student days.
  • Patrick Carl Scully, é um político australiano.
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  • Carl Scully
  • Carl Scully
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