11 Oct 2022

National Party wants cooldown period for MPs becoming lobbyists

From Morning Report, 7:25 am on 11 October 2022

The National Party wants to stop ministers who've just quit Parliament from being able to immediately become political lobbyists.

Former cabinet minister Kris Faafoi has started his own consultancy firm just months after quitting politics.

Other countries have rules in place to prevent this from happening.

At least two political parties support similar measures being introduced here.

Here's political reporter Katie Scotcher.