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David Benson-Pope Steps Aside From Portfolio
NEWSFLASH: David Benson-Pope Steps Aside From Portfolio
Minister of Education David Benson-Pope has stepped aside from his portfolio - by his own request - while an investigation is conducted into allegations concerning his use of discipline while serving as a teacher at Bayfield High School.
Campbell Live has just broadcast a statement from the Prime Minister to this effect. The statement came after a 3 News broadcast containuing allegations from 5 students who each claim to have been assaulted by Mr Benson-Pope as students at Bayfield High School.
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Alastair Thompson
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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