Auditor-General to investigate Saudi farm deal

The Auditor-General has announced she will look at the following issues around the Saudi farm deal:

  • the amount of public money budgeted and spent on Partnership, how it has been used, and the outcomes achieved with it;
  • whether the expenditure on services was within the appropriations of Vote Foreign and Trade, as authorised by Parliament;
  • the procurement and contract management practices used by the and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise to purchase services relating to the Partnership;
  • whether the services received were in keeping with the business case and contract specifications; and
  • any other related matter that I consider it desirable to inquire into and report on.

I'm glad the AG is investigating, and said I hoped she would.

I think the real question is what outcomes have been achieved from it.

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