Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

The Government's appointed a scam-busting minister to coordinate combatting con-artists.   Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly has been named as the minister in charge of coordinating anti-scam efforts.  New Zealand's latest State of Scams report shows more than $2.3 billion was lost this year, up from $2.1 billion last year.  He told Ryan Bridge that there’s six ministries that deal with scams, and a lot of good work is done both within the government and also within the industry, but it’s not coordinated as well as it could be.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.