24 Sep 2019

Explanation needed at Royal Commission, says National Party

From Morning Report, 8:21 am on 24 September 2019

The National Party leader says the Government needs to explain how a convicted paedophile has been allowed to be involved in meetings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. One of the commissioners, Paul Gibson, told Morning Report the man is the partner of a group member and drove her to meetings, but he wasn't directly involved in proceedings. We speak to National's Simon Bridges.