PETER GRIFFIN: Labour’s anti-GE stance a handbrake on innovation

PETER GRIFFIN: Labour’s anti-GE stance a handbrake on innovation
Peter Griffin
A rare airing this week of our political parties’ innovation policies ahead of September’s general election proved to be as underwhelming as I expected it to be.The setting for it, Wellington start-up hub Creative HQ, suggested a showcase of innovative thinking. What we got instead was a grab bag of issues, very little in the way of new policies and a disconcerting lack of ideas for how to harness innovation in the pandemic recovery.The National Party didn’t have any policy to announce. Of the smaller parties, the most impress...

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