15 Mar 2023

Stuart Nash loses police portfolio over phone call with Commissioner

From Checkpoint, 5:07 pm on 15 March 2023

A phone call with a mate has ended Stuart Nash's second turn as Police Minister.

The problem is, that mate was Police Commissioner Andrew Coster. An error of judgement - is how the Prime Minister's described the call, after Nash criticised a court judgement, and admitted asking the Police Commissioner if he was going to appeal that judgement.

That's a breach of the Cabinet Manual. The Opposition says Nash should be gone as a minister altogether.

Political reporter Giles Dexter has more.