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National MP's lobbying for MSI position
National MP's lobbying for MSI position
By Peter Kerr for sticK
(sticK - 26 July 2011 ) Rumour has it that at least three National cabinet ministers are chasing the soon to be vacated Minister of Science and Innovation role. Present Minister Wayne Mapp steps down from Parliament after the upcoming election.
Assuming National gets back into power post-November, it's an encouraging sign and recognition of role that science, and more particularly its income-generating kissing cousin, innovation, can play in the economy.
Ideally John Key would take on the role (though he's not one of the three names being whispered at this stage). Like the Denmark and Finland's of the world, having your top dog literally and figuratively trying to herd the economy down a growth path could only be good.
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