October 17, 2017 7:00am by David Farrar The portfolios ACT would abolish ACT have proposed abolishing around half the ministerial portfolios. Their proposal is: Portfolio Action ACC Keep Arts, Culture and Heritage Keep Attorney-General Keep Broadcasting Merge with Arts Culture and Heritage Building and Construction Merge with Housing Building and Housing Merge with Housing Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Keep until Complete Children Delete Civil Defence Keep Climate Change Issues Merge with Environment Commerce and Consumer Affairs Keep Communications Merge with Infrastructure Community and Voluntary Sector Delete Conservation Merge with Environment Corrections Keep Courts Keep Customs Keep Defence Keep Deputy Leader of the House Keep Deputy Prime Minister Keep Disability Issues Keep Earthquake Commission Keep Economic Development Delete Education Keep Energy and Resources Keep Environment Keep Ethnic Communities Delete Finance Keep Food Safety Merge with Primary Industries Foreign Affairs Keep GCSB Keep Greater Christchurch Regeneration Merge with Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Health Keep HNZC Merge with Housing Immigration Keep Infrastructure Keep Internal Affairs Keep Justice Keep Land Information Merge with Internal Affairs Leader of the House Keep Local Government Keep Maori Development Delete Ministerial Services Keep National Security and Intelligence Keep Novopay Merge with Education NZ Security Intelligence Service Keep Pacific Peoples Delete Police Keep Primary Industries Keep Prime Minister Keep Racing Delete Regulatory Reform Delete Revenue Keep Science and Innovation Delete Seniors Delete Small Business Merge with Commerce Social Development Keep Social Housing Merge with Housing Social Investment Delete Sport and Recreation Merge with Health State Owned Enterprises Delete after Privatisation State Services Keep Statistics Merge with Internal Affairs Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Merge with Education Tourism Merge with Infrastructure Trade Merge with Foreign Affairs Transport Merge with Infrastructure Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Delete after Ngapuhi claim Veterans’ Affairs Keep Whanau Ora Delete Women Delete Workplace Relations and Safety Merge with Commerce Youth Delete Share this:FacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWhatsAppMorePinterestPrintTumblrLike this:Like Loading...