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Jacinda Ardern should make Speaker Trevor Mallard pay the price for his costly mistake | New Zealand

But while Mallard appeared nervous, his tone contrite, it was very much an act of self-interest; a tactical performance designed to stop the avalanche of bad publicity surrounding Mallard from spoiling the end to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s stellar year. As speaker, Mallard has more powers than most members of parliament to be able to “ask” to front up to a parliamentary committee in order to put his apology on record. He needed to muster all the resources at his disposal to prove to Ardern that he could perform a mea culpa like other Labour ministers who have made mistakes before him and, unlike most of them, not lose his job.

Taxpayer invoice mascot booted as Speaker apologises unreservedly for false allegation

Taxpayer invoice mascot booted as Speaker apologises unreservedly for false allegation Newshub 16/12/2020 © Newshub Watch as Speaker Trevor Mallard addresses the Governance and Administration Select Committee. House Speaker Trevor Mallard has apologised unreservedly for falsely accusing a former parliamentary staffer of rape, which led to a $333,000 taxpayer-funded legal settlement.  Mallard appeared before the Governance and Administration Select Committee in Wellington on Wednesday where he was grilled by National MPs who have been calling for him to apologise to Parliament.  During the meeting a cartoon pig Taxpayers Union mascot holding a sign saying Taxpayer Invoice was told to leave after Labour MP Duncan Webb pointed out that contributions made from the audience can only be made with permission. 

Taxpayer invoice mascot booted from hearing as Speaker Trevor Mallard apologises unreservedly for making false allegation

I m here today because I believe deeply in parliamentary accountability and transparency, Mallard told the committee.  Addressing the committee chair, National MP Barbara Kuriger, Mallard said: I rang you to offer to appear before the committee because I felt it was important to put on record an apology and offer some context and clarifications around recent events. Mallard made the accusation after the Debbie Francis report into bullying and harassment at Parliament was made public in May last year. He was commenting on a sexual assault accusation in the report.  The report did not identify the accused offender, which Mallard said was integral to the review, but he did acknowledge at the time that he knew who the offender was and that the staffer had been stood down.

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