A Press
Conference to announce the new Cabinet lineup is presently
underway at Parliament. Scoop will bring Audio and image
coverage of the press conference shortly. In the meantime
the major changes on the front bench include:
Steve
Maharey new Minister Of Education Michael Cullen new
Minster of Tertiary Education Pete Hodgson new Minister
of Health David Benson-Pope new Minister of Social
Development
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.