11 Jun
2019
11 Jun
'19
6:22 a.m.
On Thu, 30 May 2019 08:17:37 +1200, I wrote:
Nice non-paywalled report <https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12235615> into how the National Party (and others) were able to obtain supposedly-confidential details of today’s Budget announcements.
Followup report <https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12239460> clarifies the timeline over the GCSB advising ministers that the “hacking” claim was false. Apparently that notification did not come in until about 40 minutes after the Treasury boss made the claim, and 30 minutes after the Finance Minister repeated it.