Simon Court says Govt should shoulder more risk with PPPs

Simon Court says Govt should shoulder more risk with PPPs
Simon Court is expected to provide some detail around a new model for public private partnerships on Thursday. (Image: Getty)
Dileepa Fonseka
Simon Court says the Government wants to look at taking the consenting risk in public private partnerships onto the Government’s books, or out of the equation altogether.Court is expected to provide detail around the Government’s new approach to public private partnerships (PPPs) on the second day of Infrastructure NZ’s Building Nations conference in Auckland on Thursday.Court is Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Minister for Infrastructure. “What’s become clear, in particular what’s come out of the T...

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