National are hiring in part-time consultants to media manage their new minister:
Dom Post: National has called in some heavy hitters to bolster new minister Paula Bennett after Prime Minister John Key took a punt by elevating her to the grunty social development portfolio.
Former Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade adviser Brad Tattersfield, now an independent consultant, has been hired on a “transitional” basis as her press secretary, and Wellington-based government relations and media consultant Belinda Milnes has also joined her office, apparently also on a transitional basis.

