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Encyclopedia > Graham Scott

Dr Graham Scott is a former official of the New Zealand government and a current political candidate. He became secretary of the New Zealand Treasury in 1986, and held that post until 1993. He later headed the Central Regional Health Authority and the Health Funding Authority. In the upcoming 2005 elections, he had been ranked fifth place on ACT New Zealand's party list. If ACT crosses the 5% threshold needed to win seats under the MMP electoral system, he is almost certain to enter Parliament. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The 2005 New Zealand general election will be a nation-wide election for the New Zealand Parliament. ... Current ACT New Zealand logo ACT New Zealand is a free market liberal party in the New Zealand Parliament. ... The Additional Member System (AMS) is a voting system where some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under proportional representation from party lists. ...


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Graham Scott: Public Sector Management in New Zealand (745 words)
Graham Scott was Secretary of the New Zealand Treasury from 1986–93, serving the reforming Fourth Labour Government and the National government which followed with its own programme of reform.
Since 1993 Graham Scott has remained a close observer of the New Zealand scene and was Chairman of the New Zealand government’s Health Funding Authority from 1996–2000.
Scott acknowledges the splendid achievements of managers and their ministers in some areas of government but he pulls no punches about the evidence of ordinariness in management and outright failures in a few places.
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