A Commonwealth sport funding program pitched as a scheme to help make facilities more female friendly sent $2 million to a Queensland school for a swimming pool it did not want or have space for.
He said the grant for the pool looked like pork barrelling to protect Mr Howarth in the electorate of Petrie. Mr Howarth held the seat with a margin of just 1.6 per cent heading into last year's election."Ultimately I suppose it worked, I suppose it delivered what they wanted.Howarth disappointed in delay
A spokesman for the Prime Minister said this grants program delivered on election commitments, and pointed out that the Labor party had also announced plans for many community and sports projects in the lead-up to the May poll. In a video posted on his Facebook page last month, Mr Howarth said the Queensland Government was just making excuses not to build the pool.
Luke Howarth: I'm outraged that the Palaszczuk State Gov't is playing politics with the needs and wants of our community here in Mango Hill. Your family and children are missing out on a pool because they can't get their act together. It's not good enough!! I'll keep fighting to deliver a pool for our community."I fear that this is just partisan politics from the Palaszczuk Labor Government preventing the Federal Government providing that $2 million.
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