Deputy Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie is under renewed pressure to quit cabinet over a deepening sporting grants scandal.
Senator McKenzie is already awaiting the findings of an investigation into her management of the sports grants program that could decide her future as a cabinet minister.
Nationals leader Michael McCormack says he will have to “wait and see” the outcome of the investigation into her handling of the grants program.Senator McKenzie signed up as a member of the Wangararatta Clay Target Club in January, 2019.But Nationals frontbencher Darren Chester was hesitant to back his under-pressure colleague.
“If you asked any Australian off the street: ‘How does a minister decide which sports clubs to award grants to?” she said.
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