An inquiry into the leaking of New Zealand’s budget earlier this year has been terminated and will have to be re-launched over a possible conflict of interest. An inquiry into the leaking of New Zealand’s budget earlier this year has been terminated and will have to be re-launched over a possible conflict of interest. Ireland’s new Central Bank Governor Gabriel Makhlouf was heavily criticised following an earlier inquiry into his handling of the leak. As New Zealand Treasury Secretary, Mr Makhlouf had claimed the leak was a result of a cyber attack. The initial inquiry found Mr Makhlouf failed to take responsibility and then fell short of expectations in how subsequent events were handled.

Source: Irish Independent November 13, 2019 17:51 UTC