NZ's R&D spending 'pathetic', government to review PGPs, Damien O'Connor says
By Rebecca Howard
Nov. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor said the new government plans to review the primary growth partnership programme although he lauded progress that has been made.
While in opposition and as Labour’s primary industries spokesman O’Connor was a vocal opponent of primary growth partnerships, arguing they provided government funding for what should be business-as-usual and referred to the PGP as a “slush fund”. The R&D programme was launched in 2010 and the government and industry have invested ar...
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