Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ordered a review of a grant federal minister Bridget McKenzie gave to a shooting club she was a member of | rharris334
"When the club came to me when I joined up as its member a couple of weeks ago and showed me the facilities and amenities that this club had I knew it was something that our government had to support," Senator McKenzie said at the announcement in February 2019.
"This is just red hot. This is just a rort. It fails the pub test. It fails every test," he told Adelaide radio station FIVEaa. "The effect of Senator McKenzie’s decisions had been to increase the number of grants in ALP seats from 26 to 34 per cent. I think that would surprise most of the people to understand that," Mr Hunt said.
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