David Parker: Revenue Minister accepts criticism of the cost of living payment

The Revenue Minister is accepting criticism of the cost of living payment. The Auditor-General says it should have been rolled out more carefully. New screening measures are being launched ahead of the second $116 payment on Thursday. Minister David Parker says 31,000 people won't get the second payment until they confirm they're in New Zealand. He told Mike Hosking the Auditor-General's criticism of some screening measures not being in place for the first payment is fair. “In defence of Inland Revenue they would say they were busy setting up the system writing the software to get the payment out to 1.4 million people and, they didn’t think the extra tests were necessary at that point.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.