NSW top cop Karen Webb bans taxpayer-funded alcohol gifts after scrutiny over purchase of gin as gifts
by Catie McLeod and Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6PTJB)
Investigation cleared NSW police commissioner of serious misconduct after she bought 50 bottles of gin from her friend's distillery to give as gifts
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The New South Wales police commissioner, Karen Webb, has outlawed the practice of using taxpayer money to buy alcohol for gifts and hospitality after she controversially bought 50 bottles of high-end gin produced by one of her friends.
The 50 bottles were purchased at $85 a unit, totalling $4,250 worth of gin, on 10 November 2022. The former Coalition police minister Paul Toole was in cabinet at the time.
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