Health Minister David Clark: ‘I’ve been a bit of an idiot’
UPDATED: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defends not sacking her health minister.
Julie Iles
Tue, 07 Apr 2020
UPDATED: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told today’s press conference while there was no excuse for the behaviour of Health Minister David Clark, she could not afford to sack him and then have a new minister take time to come up to speed during a global pandemic.
“He knows, as well as I do,
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Julie Iles
Tue, 07 Apr 2020
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Health Minister David Clark: ‘I’ve been a bit of an idiot’
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