Melissa Lee dumped from Cabinet
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Melissa Lee has been stripped of the Media portfolio, while Penny Simmonds has lost the Disability Issues role.
Analysis - The PM framing the demotion of two ministers as the portfolios getting "too complex" is a charitable way of saying they weren't up to the job.
Melissa Lee is out of the Cabinet and stripped of the Broadcasting portfolio in a surprise reshuffle by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Luxon announced t
Paul Goldsmith will take on responsibility for the Media and Communications portfolio, while Louise Upston will pick up the Disability Issues portfolio, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced today