28 Feb 2018

Regional growth fund project 'negligent' - Bridges

From Morning Report, 7:11 am on 28 February 2018

The government's new flagship regional development programme is funding a project connected to a businessman who has been referred to the Serious Fraud Office. And the Economic Development Minister Shane Jones, who announced $350,000 for the scheme last Friday, had no idea. Political reporter Benedict Collins has more. The SFO says its inquiries are ongoing and an official investigation has not begun