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Judith Collins ex Minister Of Justice.

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David Fisher David Fisher is a senior reporter for the NZ Herald.
Collins grants blogger's request in just 37 minutes
Updated 38 min ago5:00 AM Saturday Aug 23, 2014
SCCZEN_A_120314NZHMMCOLLINS5_300x200.jpgJustice Minister Judith Collins. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater got a response to an Official Information Act request from Justice Minister Judith Collins in just 37 minutes.

He received another OIA response with just a five-hour turnaround by Ms Collins' office - including being given correspondence which had come in just that day.

Documents released to the Heraldthrough the act show Slater made three requests in relation to Canadian jurist Ian Binnie's report, which recommended David Bain be paid compensation after being found not guilty of killing his family in Dunedin.

According to the documents, Slater made two requests as editor of the now-defunct Truth in December 2012 and a third in February 2013.

The first came on the same day as a Herald on Sunday verbal request for copies of information provided to campaigner Joe Karam, including a copy of a letter sent to Mr Karam which Mr Bain's first lawyer, Michael Guest, had written to Mrs Collins.

The same information was provided to Slater, who asked at 1.27pm for almost identical information with a slightly different phrasing.

Collins press secretary Rachael Bowie sent him the information at 6.11pm, adding: "Also attached is an email from Michael Guest received by this office today." The email held a detailed account attacking Mr Bain's position, which was featured in the next edition of Truth.

On February 12, a Monday, Slater made another OIA request. It was for the same material the National Business Review had been provided the Friday before. Slater's OIA request was sent at 9.53am to Ms Bowie who responded 37 minutes later.

Slater's third request was filed in December and responded to in March with a cluster of others which sought broad amounts of information.

Ms Collins' office has told the Weekend Herald it has always complied with the legal guidelines laid out in the act, which require a response inside a maximum 20 working days.

Labour's justice spokesman, Andrew Little, said he had never had an OIA response back from Ms Collins' office in under 20 working days.

NZ Herald

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The pressure on John Key over the actions of Justice Minister Judith Collins looks set to continue today.

The Prime Minister has put Ms Collins on her second final warning in five months after the release of an email from her private email address to ultra right-wing blogger Cameron Slater containing the name, title and contact details of a senior civil servant.

The civil servant, identified as Simon Pleasants, was suspected of leaking information to Labour to embarrass Finance Minister Bill English - something Mr Pleasants denies.

He was vilified on the Whazzzil blog the day after Ms Collins passed on Mr Pleasants' details to Mr Slater, and he received death threats.

ONE News Deputy Political Editor Michael Parkin says the Prime Minister "simply can't get rid of Judith Collins for a couple of reasons".

"We're neck deep into a campaign now and the look of having to stand down or sack a senior minister would be something the Opposition parties leapt on and would do a huge amount of damage to this campaign," he told TV ONE's Breakfast programme this morning.

Parkin says there was also a risk that Ms Collins could "take a swipe" at the Prime Minister and the National Party if she was let go.

"I mean remember she's quoted in this book as saying if you're going to do damage or if someone does damage to you, you do double back, and there's a real risk that if they do anything to take her out of her position she'll simply try and torch the whole place as she's on the way out," he said.

Parkin said most of Mr Key's MPs are loyal to him, but Ms Collins is "one you just have to keep an eye on", saying "we've seen what happens when she's backed into a corner, she lashes out and who knows against who that might be".

Mr Key said yesterday that releasing Mr Pleasants' details was "unwise", but he still thinks Ms Collins has been wronged.

Mr Key had previously signalled Ms Collins was on her last chance after her dinner with Oravida executives and a Chinese border official was revealed earlier this year.

 

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..Key will be scared she'll 'knutt off'..and just Loves her majority from her slaven sychophantic electorate

 

what a shonkey corrupt party the NATz are :(

 

the chassis of a nefarious devious governance shielded by "spin" and carefully worded releases as they carry on their globalist corporate agenda.

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Oh give me a break. How different are they to anyone that has gone before. Succesive Labour /Nats govts have bought NZ to where it is today. Why???, because us dumb shit NZ,ers have allowed it to happen. We don't need opposition partys who think they have the panacea to all our troubles, so vote for us people,even tho you threw us out last time.

What a crock of shit, politics has lost all credibility.

Boy does age make one a cynic.

God help the next generation

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Finally !!!!

 

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By 3 News online staff

The Prime Minister will hold a special press conference in Wellington this afternoon.

3 News believes he will announce that Justice Minister Judith Collins has either resigned or has been sacked.

 

John Key had been scheduled to be campaigning in the Hutt Valley.

However his plans have changed and he will speak to media at 12:30pm.

Ms Collins has faced increasing pressure since the release of Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics.

This is breaking news more to come.

3 News/NZN


Read more: http://www.3news.co.nz/politics/judith-collins-out-of-the-job---reports-2014083011#ixzz3BpWDzZzu

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Did anyone else notice that this " Breaking news" episode on TV 3 took the time slot of the UK version of

 

"Would I lie to you?"

 

Maybe TV3 should've renamed the program to "Would I lie to you" NZ version for the day....

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In typical NZ public service & corporate world we have another " resignation" instead of " dismissal".

 

 

In general terms,none of those that need to be made accountable seem to be penalized with the loss of publicly paid for superannuation funds they've acquired from us.

 

 

Why not?

 

 

It's overdue they suffered the same penalties & punishment others that do acts of misconduct.

 

These funds after all are monies disbursed from public funds.

Time for more accountability all around.

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