Families Commission: A good start
TVNZ News: “The Families Commission will remain but the number of commissioners will drop from four down to one…
That’s a good start.
But it’s still one too many.
posted by Peter Cresswell at 8:50 am
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
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1 Comments:
What ??!!
There were FOUR commissioners ?!
FOUR?!
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