A Hampden debate over economic growth versus sustainability
has just got hotter, with a team of National Party MPs being
withdrawn by Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean.
She has told organisers of the February 19 Hampden Union
Challenge Debate that comments they made in last Saturday's
Otago Daily Times indicated her team was "not actually
wanted" because they would not meet the standard of the
Hampden team.
Hampden's team is Australian economist and adjunct Prof
Richard Denniss, Associate Prof Susan Krumdieck (Canterbury
University) and Associate Prof Bob Lloyd (Otago University).
Hampden Community Energy chairman Dugald MacTavish on
Saturday, after announcing the team, hoped Mrs Dean's
Government team would include senior Cabinet ministers.
Mrs Dean's team was herself, Invercargill MP Eric Roy and
Selwyn MP Amy Adams.
Yesterday, Mr MacTavish was sorry about Mrs Dean's reaction
and hoped the "door was not entirely closed".
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