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Source:http://norightturn.blogspot.co.nz/2012/04/catherine-isaacs-crony-appointment.html
Catherine Isaac's Crony Appointment
Last month, John Banks appointed former ACT candidate and party president Catherine Isaac to head the Charter School Working Group. It looked like a crony appointment - Isaac has no relevant expertise - so I submitted the usual OIA request, seeking information on whether the appointment process had followed the SSC guidelines [PDF]. I received the response back today, and its pretty shocking.
Two documents were released. The first of these was an (incomplete) Cabinet Paper [PDF] formally appointing Isaac and other members of the Working Group. As part of this paper, Banks certified to Cabinet (as required by Cabinet guidelines) that
I can confirm that an appropriate process has been followed in considering the proposed nominees in terms of the SSC Appointments Guidelines. Nominated agencies such as Te Puni Kokiri, the Ministry of Women's Affairs, and the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs were invited to submit names of suitable candidates.
That may very well have been true of the ordinary group members. It was not true of Ms Isaac. The other document - a report on the establishment of the Working Group [PDF] - paints a blunt picture of the "process":
The decision has already been made to nominate Catherine Isaac as the Chair of the Group.
Read the full post at No Right Turn
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Documents:
Banks Charter Schools Memo - 27 January 2012.pdf
Banks Charter Schools Cab Paper - 14 March 2012.pdf
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