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Tom Wark

EXPLAINED: Cabinet minister suspended from parliament for a week | Rare Historical Photos

Labor's Environment Minister Penny Sharpe has been escorted from the NSW upper house. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

A state government will be down an important vote in the chamber for seven days after a minister was suspended for not producing documents.

Labor's Environment Minister Penny Sharpe was escorted from the NSW upper house on Tuesday afternoon by the Usher of the Black Rod after a motion to suspend her by former federal Labor leader turned renegade independent MP Mark Latham was successful.

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