Bush's Visit

[cowman]

Well lets face it, Steve West did all the dirty work a long time ago. I see Rod Love as a sly little behind the scenes guy who always had Kleins ear? I think these two old boys are joined at the hip and always have been?
Now that we are into Kleins swan song I think he probably just wants his buddy along for the ride? Sort of like save the last dance for the guy who brought you to the show?

[cowman]

THe shuffle of Deputy Ministers yesterday was a real shocker. I can't remember that many deputies moved at one time after an election. Obviously Rod Love has plans, and they include putting people in the right places, and also making sure that Cabinet Ministers learn about their Ministries and not leave it to Deputies.

[cakadu]

Where did some of the shuffling of Deputy Ministers happen? Anything significant?

[cakadu]

Very significant. Some of the Deputy positions were not filled in the shuffle but are open for competition.
Steve Wests former Assistant is now the Farmers Advocate. The Deputy from Municipal Affairs is now the Deputy for Sustainable Resource Development. That Deputy went to Innovation and Science. The Chair of the Executive Council was sent to the Gaming Commission and replaced with the Deputy from Environment. It was musical chairs for sure, and the first time I can remember when Deputies were moved around this way.
I guess it was a knee jerk reaction to the election results but it does leave a lot of porfolios with both a green minister and deputy. Puts an added pressure on the Ministers to get up to speed in their porfolio ASAP.