Discussion

Discussion around:

1. As a Government Minister how did you balance dealing with any immediate crisis and short term priorities versus ensuring that long term outcomes were sustainable
2. What was the most useful information for a Government Minister to receive to help that person make the trade offs between the short and the long term when setting policy
3. What were the key elements of communication to the public that needed to be included to ensure political support for the policies that were needed for the long term but were challenging in the short term for the public
4. What was key to getting the support for Cabinet for policies which were good for the long term but difficult to swallow in the short term.