Labour / NZ First Government

[blackcap]

It comes with the territory....just as it did for Collins. However it will be interesting to see if the Press Gallery go after Cindy and whether she had prior knowledge after her denials. It appears to have been common knowledge around the Parliament.

I wonder if ILG's mum will be getting a knock on the door from the press.

[artemis]

Persistent media questioning about possible misuse of government funds by Mr L-G. Media generally know the answer to questions before they ask, especially if asked persistently. Ministerial Services now checking.

[Panda-NZ-]

I think we need to see more details.

[tga_trader]

Yeah surely there was more to this.
If it was consensual and his 'only' wrong doing was that he was married at the time, that's barely worthy of firing and a public lynching.

[jonu]

Yeah surely there was more to this.
If it was consensual and his 'only' wrong doing was that he was married at the time, that's barely worthy of firing and a public lynching.

It appears he took his position as Minister for Workplace Relations a little too far. Any other Ministry and he may well have been left alone.

[Balance]

What I am saying is that it is Jacinda Ardern’s behaviour that comes under close scrutiny and attack, rather than the perpetrator of the inappropriate behaviour. It becomes shoot the messenger for bearing bad news and in this case daring to raise an issue that some would rather was ignored.
There is a lot of focus on what Jacinda said, what she did, why didn’t she act earlier, how she has to be accountable rather than looking at his inappropriate behaviour and how it has been ignored for so long.

Comrade Cindy knew and has been caught out imo. Trying to shut the scandal down in a big hurry.

The questioning is related to when and what she knows, and how much she knows.

[artemis]

Yeah surely there was more to this.
If it was consensual and his 'only' wrong doing was that he was married at the time, that's barely worthy of firing and a public lynching.

There have been 'rumours' for years, actually not so much rumours. The issues are dipping the pen in the company ink, the boss / worker relationship and the standard expected of a Minister of the Crown.

[artemis]

Comrade Cindy knew and has been caught out imo. Trying to shut the scandal down in a big hurry.

The questioning is related to when and what she knows, and how much she knows.

If no evidence was ever presented then the boss could claim to know nothing.

[stoploss]

It appears he took his position as Minister for Workplace Relations a little too far. Any other Ministry and he may well have been left alone.

Not so sure ,it says former staffer . What say she got a job at an immigration consultancy business...then any decision he made for that business would be in question .
Massively compromised , now we know why he only glanced at the file of the drug dealer, he was busy elsewhere .....

[artemis]

Reckon Mr L-G has been hard done by actually. Not sure the punishment fits the 'crime'.

There will be a few MPs and Ministers looking over their shoulder.