Peters vows government will stick to Scott Base budget

Peters vows government will stick to Scott Base budget
Key staff have left the Scott Base redevelopment project. (Image: Supplied)
Dileepa Fonseka
Deputy prime minister Winston Peters says the government will rein in spiralling costs for the redevelopment of Scott Base, and he wants to know what happened to earlier sponsorship plans. During Parliamentary questions on Thursday, Peters said he had “serious concerns” about cost escalations on the project that he announced as foreign minister in 2019.“We've made it clear to officials that we will only consider options that are costed to remain within the overall project budget that was originally agreed, and as clos...

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