Opposition leader Anthony Albanese says “it is very clear that the prime minister’s office was involved” in the so-called sports rort scandal.
Mr Albanese told the media the prime minister’s dismissal of the auditor general’s independent report on former National deputy leader Bridget McKenzie’s involvement in the grants
program “conveniently lets everyone else off the hook”. He said it was a “Coalition in chaos” and there needed to be a “full and proper inquiry into this sorry saga”. Image: Content Hub
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