ELECTION 2020: Boag quits Nats; confirms more patient leaks

ELECTION 2020: Boag quits Nats; confirms more patient leaks
Victoria Young
Long time National Party member Michelle Boag has quit the organisation and admitted she sent patient details to opposition immigration spokesperson Michael Woodhouse.Woodhouse, in a statement, said he did not pass on patient details supplied by Boag but that the four separate emails were unsolicited and he had deleted them.Boag said the last few days had “underscored for me the unhealthy relationship I have developed with politics” claiming her passion had put he­­­r on a self-destructive path.The PR practitioner s...

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