Business of Government: 90-day plans, MBIE's massive cuts and more...

Business of Government: 90-day plans, MBIE's massive cuts and more...
Prime minister Christopher Luxon (right) is taking yet another page out of John Key’s (left) playbook. (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
Here come the 90-day plansWith just over a week until the government’s 100-day finish line on March 8, the shape of its approach to managing the public sector is starting to get a little clearer.Attention is now turning to how prime minister Chris Luxon will measure the performance of his ministers after the government crosses it.John Key had a ‘CEO-style’ approach to managing his cabinet, so it’s no surprise that an actual corporate chief executive would want to take such an approach to its natural conclusion.The idea b...

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