Government messenger sacked for Kiwi LLU plan leak

In a case of "There’s quite probably a moral lesson in here, somewhere", a messenger working in the Prime Minister’s office in New Zealand has been sacked for leaking details of Government plans to shake-up the country’s broadband industry.

Following an investigation, the State Services Commissioner found that messenger Michael Ryan had passed a cabinet document to his friend, and Telecom employee, Peter Garty.

Although Garty was told that the document detailing a massive overhaul of New Zealand’s telecoms industry was for "his eyes only", the Telecom employee made a copy before returning the papers to his friend.

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