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found Coalition seats received $1.9 billion in three years while Labor electorates got less than $530 million.
He predicted “a frenzy in the lead-up to the election campaign” in further spending from discretionary grant programs.His shadow treasurer, Jim Chalmers, and finance spokeswoman Katy Gallagher said the government couldn’t give any more lectures about responsible budget management. “Invariably though, those country electorates that are most impacted by drought are actually held by Liberal and National members,” he told the“That’s just always been the geography of politics in this country; they tend to be more conservative areas.”
For instance, Dave Sharma won back Wentworth for the Liberals in 2019 after independent Kerryn Phelps’ brief incumbency. That seat, one of the smallest and wealthiest in the country, received $33.5 million in grants. The neighbouring Labor seat of Kingsford Smith received just $4.1 million.Mr Sharma said the overwhelming share of community funding was security-related because Sydney Jewish institutions were heavily concentrated in Wentworth.
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