The NSW DPP will not lay charges against suspended Education minister John Della Bosca and his MP wife Belinda Neal, over the Iguana gate affair.
Police headquarters just worded a statement to be released shortly – it will reveal that the case is closed.
They have this afternoon received legal advice that the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, Nicholas Cowdery – his statement reads that “in my view there is insufficient evidence to support any criminal charges in NSW law.”
That has gone to police, and fairly much matches a similar statement by the Commonwealth prosecutor, released this morning.
But the information from police sources this afternoon is that both these arguments go against what detectives on the case had thought - but it appears they have been overruled.
The people that had given statements to police leading up to this point are being informed of the decision this afternoon.
Shortly police headquarters will make it all official.
Ms Neal has released her own statement after authorities decided she had no case to answer over the Iguanas scandal, saying she has been vindicated.
"The statement made today by NSW Police, the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions proves that I did nothing wrong and vindicates me in regard to the statements I have made throughout this event," Ms Neal said in a statement.
"The statement brings this matter to a conclusion."
Ms Neal said she would study the statement from authorities, and would issue a further statement.
Meanwhile, the former manager of Iguanas Waterfront bar has called for an independent inquiry into the affair.
Jared Golla, a former operations manager at Iguanas Waterfront who was involved in the incident, wants an ICAC inquiry, which he says would force those involved to tell the truth.
He’s told 2GB’s Philip Clark the final decision doesn't add up.
“If you get an ICAC public enquiry…then people are compelled to tell the truth, they are compelled to speak – so why don’t we have one, and then the Australian public will get the whole truth and nothing but the truth?”
How Iguanagate unfolded:
June 6 - Six staff at Gosford's Iguanas Waterfront restaurant and nightclub sign statutory declarations alleging federal Labor MP Belinda Neal and her husband, NSW Education Minister John Della Bosca, swore at and threatened them.
June 7 - Mr Della Bosca dismisses reports of the night as "nonsense".
June 8 - Iguanas general manager Steve Twitchin issues an apology to Mr Della Bosca and Ms Neal.
June 9 - NSW Premier Morris Iemma receives a written account of the night from Mr Della Bosca. Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell calls for an inquiry into the incident.
June 10 - Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she's "not happy" about Ms Neal's alleged involvement in the incident. Mr Iemma says he has no grounds to sack Mr Della Bosca from his frontbench. Mr Della Bosca's office releases four statutory declarations from people who dined with the couple, saying he and his wife did nothing wrong.
June 11 - It is revealed Ms Neal was sent off during a soccer match for kicking an opposing player. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd orders Ms Neal undergo counselling for a pattern of unacceptable behaviour.
June 12 - NSW Police launch an investigation into the conflicting statutory declarations.
June 13 - Mr Iemma suspends Mr Della Bosca from the frontbench after it was revealed he drafted the apology issued to him by Iguanas.
June 17 - Mr Della Bosca explains his role in the Iguanas affair to NSW parliament, but refuses to go into detail so as not to prejudice the police investigation. Melissa Batten, who dined with the couple, quits her job with Ms Neal's office.
June 18 - Ms Neal tells federal parliament she will reveal her side of the story when a police investigation ends.
June 19 - Ms Batten tells the Nine Network in a paid interview that she was pressured to leave details out of her statutory declaration about what happened at Iguanas.
July 1 - Police say Mr Della Bosca and Ms Neal had declined to be interviewed over the night at Iguanas. Mr Della Bosca later agrees to an interview after a phone call from Mr Iemma.
July 2 - Ms Neal calls police to her office claiming she was assaulted by a Nine Network television crew. She agrees to make herself available to police about the Iguanas incident.
July 3 - Ms Neal and Mr Della Bosca are interviewed by police.
July 10 - NSW Police hand their brief of evidence to the state and commonwealth directors of public prosecution.
July 28 - Jared Golla, Iguanas Waterfront manager on the night of the incident, is sacked.
Aug 17 - Ms Neal says reports that she sent letters to potential witnesses demanding an apology are "entirely false".
Aug 19 - Mr Della Bosca says in a statement that he expects to be exonerated.
Aug 30 - Gosford police rule out laying assault charges against a Nine Network crew, following the July 2 complaint from Ms Neal.
Sept 3 - The NSW and Commonwealth Directors of Public Prosecutions recommend against laying charges against anyone involved in the affair. NSW Police say their investigation has now concluded.