The media could scarcely ignore the startling story of a minister of justice under arrest, but the circumstances of that and her sudden resignation raised many other issues. Many in the media seized on one - the possible impact it could have on an election still almost three months away.
Suspended Transport Minister Michael Wood will face an inquiry conducted by the registrar of pecuniary interests Sir Maarten Wevers.
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Jonathan Milne at Newsroom writes: What pecuniary interests, I asked the minister, did he have beyond those disclosed in the 2021 register of interests? "None," Michael Wood replied, unequivocally. That was July 5, two years ago. I'd approached him for an explanation, after registrar Sir Maarten Wevers formally rapped him over the knuckles for filing