The Berejiklian government handed out more than $250 million in council grants, almost all in Coalition-held seats, in the months before last year’s election without any signed paperwork | alexsmithsmh
, where she revealed she had been in a "close personal relationship" with Mr Maguire since 2015. She kept it secret because she is a "very private person"., where she detailed her personal life, telling the paper she had been in love with Mr Maguire and thought they would marry.
"The upper house has been provided with all relevant documents, including the written and signed briefs approving the expenditure of funds. No application process was required for the Stronger Communities Fund as it provided funding to new councils created in 2016 and councils impacted by a merger proposal," she said.Finance Minister Damien Tudehope told the house last week that the government "cannot manufacture a document that does not exist".
more than four weeks after he took mental health leave following the bitter Coalition spat over the contested koala planning policy.Meanwhile, Labor MLC John Graham has moved a motion in the upper house, which is awaiting a ruling from the president John Ajaka, calling on Mr Harwin, as the most senior government member in the chamber, to be suspended for being in "contempt of the house".
In one case, Ryde Council received funding of more than $2 million for a skate park before applying for a grant, while Hornsby Council, which was not amalgamated, received $90 million to turn a quarry into a park. Both councils are in Coalition-held seats.
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