Treasury refuses to name poor investment proposals

Treasury refuses to name poor investment proposals
Treasury secretary Caralee McLiesh says it's not the job of the government's investment statement to comment on a particular agency's performance (Image: Treasury)
Jem Traylen
The Treasury is refusing to tell parliament which agencies aren't taking a disciplined approach to their investment spending.In a tense exchange at Wednesday’s meeting of the finance and expenditure select committee, National Party MP Nicola Willis asked officials to stop skirting around the question and name some areas of investment Treasury had concerns with.In a discussion on the government’s investment statement, Treasury deputy secretary Leilani Frew said all agencies had the tools they needed to evaluate investment proposa...

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