Sunday Panel: Labour-Green deal, ministerial roles and top priorities for the Government

A win win is how the Green Party's touting its cooperation agreement with Labour - which has now been inked on the dotted line.Greens members last night agreed to the deal - with around 85 percent voting in favour.Speaking at the signing on the Beehive's 9th floor today - co-leader Marama Davidson told reporters the party understands the opportunity.She says for the first time in MMP history - a party with a clear majority has afforded ministerial positions and cooperation areas... while still allowing the Greens to maintain a unique voice.However, political reporter Katie Bradford, speaking on the Sunday Panel with Francesca Rudkin, says Davidson will likely struggle in her Associate Minister of Housing role, where she has "Labour have quelled an area of attack that the Greens could have gone after Labour on. And now what's going to happen is that anything goes wrong, homelessness doesn't magically get fix, Marama Davidson and the Greens would be blamed for it."Political commentator Thomas Pryor says that it was sensible for Labour to make a deal, as it neutralises some areas of attack. "You want to keep the Greens a little bit close as it's highly likely the next election they'll need them."The rest of the ministerial roles will be announced tomorrow. Pryor says that Minister of Health will be interesting, after Chris Hipkins took over the role from David Clark, while a number of portfolios have been freed up by New Zealand First. He says that Ayesha Verrall will likely be one of the only newcomers to make it into Cabinet. "I'd be surprised if any entirely new faces became Ministers on Monday." Bradford says the role of Deputy Prime Minister will be interesting, with the position also vacated by Winston Peters.With the Foreign Affairs role likely going to an experienced Minister, Bradford says that creates issues as portfolios would have to be reassigned through a limited pool of experience.She says that this has to be a term of delivery, and the Government will need to be brave. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.