at a media photographer who photographed him cycling to work. On 13 June 2008, Della Bosca was stood down from his position as Minister for Education and Training while police investigated an alleged altercation between Della Bosca and his wife Belinda Neal, who was the Labor Member for Robertson, and staff at Iguana Joe's waterfront bar and nightclub at Gosford. The nightclub issued an apology to Della Bosca, at least parts of which were reported to have been written by Della Bosca himself. The NSW Director of Public Prosecutions subsequently found that "there is insufficient evidence to support any criminal charge against NSW law". On his return to the ministry, Della Bosca was appointed Minister for Health and Minister for the Central Coast, with his former Education portfolio passing to Verity Firth. On 31 August 2009, Della Bosca resigned from his ministries and as Government leader in the Legislative Council, following the public revelation of a 6-month sexual affair. On 29 July 2010, Della Bosca announced that he was resigning from the New South Wales Legislative Council to become a campaign director for the National Disability and Carers Alliance (now National Disability Services), and assist in the establishment of a national disability insurance scheme. References |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1956 births Living people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Australian politicians of Italian descent Spouses of Australian politicians Members of the Order of Australia Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 21st-century Australian politicians Australian Labor Party officials People educated at De La Salle College, Cronulla