00:00When a criminal conceals his behaviour, it's very hard to detect.
00:05He removed himself from the ministry once it became public knowledge.
00:11He was under investigation and was removed from the Liberal Party,
00:14so we acted as quickly as we could.
00:16I think we all feel betrayed and let down,
00:19but what's more important is what he has done for his community.
00:22He has betrayed his community.
00:24He's been convicted beyond reasonable doubt of a very serious sexual offence,
00:28a series of sexual offences.
00:31I think our heart goes out to the victim survivors
00:33who are undoubtedly still traumatised,
00:36have been re-traumatised by the trial,
00:38re-traumatised by the shenanigans of Mr Ward deciding whether or not he would resign
00:43and only doing that at five minutes to midnight.
