Green Party welcome proactive release of Ministerial diaries
Monday, 10 December 2018, 8:59 am Press Release: Green Party
10 December 2018
Press release
Green Party
welcome Government coming on board with proactive release of
Ministerial diaries
The Green Party warmly welcome
Government Ministers proactively releasing their Ministerial
diaries from February 2019.
“The Green Party have
been proactively releasing Green Minister diaries since we
came into Government. We are really happy to see Labour and
NZ First come on board”, Green Co-leader Marama Davidson
said today.
“We have long advocated for
Ministerial diaries to be proactively released. It
demonstrates transparency and accountability and increases
trust in Government.
“New Zealanders have a right to
know who Ministers are meeting with when making decisions
that affect their
communities”.
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