cabinet Archive

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  John Key’s new Cabinet announced - by frog

  
  
  
  Prime Minister John Key announced his new Cabinet this morning. The line-up is pretty predictable, but some of the portfolio allocations and rankings are interesting: The big winners are Steven Joyce and Hekia Parata, moving up 10 and 13 places respectively in the Cabinet ranking. Parata replaces Anne Tolley as Minister of Education. Paula Bennett’s [...] read more
  December 12, 2011 1:02 pm - 10 Comments
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  Let the little leaks become a flood - by frog

  
  
  
  Instead of engaging in a witch hunt to attempt to identify those responsible for Cabinet document leaks, the Government should be reviewing the Official Information Act, and its own practices under it, to ensure that information is publicly available as a matter of principle rather than kept secret to give the public the mushroom treatment for Government’s own political convenience. read more
  March 22, 2010 11:27 am - 13 Comments
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  Poor ol’ Maurice – no longer on the roads again - by frog

  
  
  
  Maurice Williamson misses out on cabinet but wins our Photoshop Willie award. It seems mentioning roading tolls that don’t exist (?) repeatedly through the campaign means Key has put him on the road to the backbenches again. read more
  November 18, 2008 8:10 am - 2 Comments
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  Warming the bench - by frog

  
  
  
  Here’s an interesting question.  Audrey Young reckons John Key might have a rotation policy for his possible cabinet. The Herald understands that if Mr Key leads the next Government, he will make several ministerial appointments conditional on the minister stepping down from the post in two or three years to make way for new blood. [...] read more
  August 26, 2008 12:13 pm - 2 Comments
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  Walking to work - by frog

  
  
  
  Entirely coincidentally and fortuitously, just a week after Russel asked the Minister of Transport this question: Dr Russel Norman: Has the Minister received any advice that there is a connection between the woeful underfunding of public transport in this country and the fact that five party leaders of five political parties in this Parliament are [...] read more
  July 9, 2008 8:17 am - 13 Comments
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  Fitzsimons welcome but Douglas is not - by frog

  
  
  
  Could it be that John Key would prefer Jeanette to have a seat at the cabinet table over Roger Douglas? It would appear so. Last year Key made it clear that Jeanette was welcome, saying “It’s possible. We don’t want to pre-judge those things yet.” On Sunday, Key told the Dom Post that Douglas’ decision [...] read more
  March 18, 2008 12:36 pm - 13 Comments
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  Does the left hand have any idea what the right hand is doing? - by frog

  
  
  
  Do Treasury and the Reserve Bank know that the Ministry for the Environment is talking about Peak Oil on this webpage?  So, to be accurate, it’s really the right hand that doesn’t know what the left hand is doing.Now, should Cabinet get rid of the offending web page, or should it pay $50 dollars and [...] read more
  March 17, 2008 9:20 am - 2 Comments