I wonder if this was always the plan - pretend to weaken the power of those (despised and untrustworthy) Ministers by delegating to the expert panel. Wonder what the chances are of the panel being full of National Party lackeys - like the independent reviews they have organised …
It's a step in the right direction. But the proof of the pudding will be who is selected to be on the expert panel. The hatchet job Bill English did on Kaianga Ora is a bad precedent!
I wonder if this was always the plan - pretend to weaken the power of those (despised and untrustworthy) Ministers by delegating to the expert panel. Wonder what the chances are of the panel being full of National Party lackeys - like the independent reviews they have organised …
You are rightly suspicious Keith, and so am I!!
Unless Mike Joy and scientists like him are on the panel, it will merely be lip service to the government.
Yes, who's going to be selected on that panel and who's involved in the selection process???? 🤔
I don't trust this government one bit! 😳
It's a step in the right direction. But the proof of the pudding will be who is selected to be on the expert panel. The hatchet job Bill English did on Kaianga Ora is a bad precedent!
The old 'Yes Minister' you just appoint the people who find the answers you want, thing.
Window dressing
Yes the first thing which arose in my mind was Their Panel. Wonder if a judicial review will stand and the costs involved….
Such an untrustworthy government I guess we will have to wait & see 🙈🙈🙈