Friday, 26 June 2015, 7:27 am Press Release: Green Party
MFAT spend on apartment unwise
The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has once again
misjudged what is an appropriate use of taxpayers money by
spending $11.4 million dollars on an apartment, said the
Green Party today.
“Spending $11.5 million on an
apartment for a public servant is a very unwise use of
money,” said Green Party global affairs spokesperson Dr
Kennedy Graham.
“This is just another case of wasteful
spending by a Ministry already under fire for its use of the
public purse.
“We know apartments in Manhattan are
expensive, but an 80sqm apartment comes to an average of
$1.5 million.
“MFAT really needs to front with why they
bought this particular apartment and the process that went
behind choosing it.
“If Murray McCully and MFAT don’t
want to come under repeated scrutiny for their spending
habits, they need start making better and more transparent
public cases for their spending,” said Dr
Graham.
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