Police Minister Mark Mitchell is 'fessing up to a mistake he made around the timeline for extra police.  

Yesterday he told Parliament the original two year target to add 500 officers had been pushed out to three.  

But the Prime Minister says he didn't express himself well, and the original target is still in place.  

Mitchell told Mike Hosking that he should have been clearer.  

But Labour Police spokesperson Ginny Andersen says that the whole situation is a joke. 

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• PM affirms two year timeline for additional police, says Mitchell didn't 'express himself well'