3 Nov 2025

Concerns about head of government advisory group being

From Checkpoint, 5:08 pm on 3 November 2025

It can be revealed concerns about the head of a government advisory group on crime are being kept secret. A Checkpoint investigation has found three staff members contracted to the Ministerial Advisory Group for Victims of Retail Crime are earning over $1000 a day. It has also revealed that officials have raised concerns with the Justice Minister about the group's chairman Sunny Kaushal, but Paul Goldsmith is refusing to say exactly what those concerns are. Checkpoint's Jimmy Ellingham spoke to Lisa Owen.