Labor has used Senate Question Time to further prosecute the government over the controversial sports grants programme and the auditor-general’s finding the Coalition splashed cash in marginal seats.
Labor has used Senate Question Time to further prosecute the government over the controversial sports grants programme and the auditor-general’s finding that the Coalition splashed cash in marginal seats.
When asked about the controversy, both Senate leader Mathias Cormann and Sports Minister Richard Colbeck used the ‘reverse pork-barrelling’ defence that Bridget McKenzie lifted funding in Labor electorates. Minister Cormann claimed Labor should be “grateful” for the intervention and be proud of the programme.
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