Productivity Commission appointments bolster labour, health, environment credentials

Productivity Commission appointments bolster labour, health, environment credentials
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth June 17 (BusinessDesk) - Finance Minister Grant Robertson's two newest appointments to the board of the Productivity Commission will beef up its credentials in the economics of labour and health issues, and environmental policy.  Former Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet environment policy adviser Andrew Sweet started a three-year term on the board at the start of the month, and labour and health researcher Gail Pacheco will join him from July. They join chair Murray Sherwin, who was head of the Ministry of Agricultur...

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