1 Apr 2022

Covid-19: Stuart Nash on controversy over Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme

From Morning Report, 8:20 am on 1 April 2022

The Government is being criticised for distributing money from a lucrative tourism fund without a proper process and to some firms that didn't need it.

Funding came from a $290 million Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme.

The Auditor-General has found Government Ministers used unclear criteria when dishing out tens of millions of dollars in grants in 2020, and provided few records explaining their decisions.

Tourism Minister Stuart Nash spoke to Corin Dann.