Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended Bridget McKenzie’s handling of $100 million in community sports grants in the lead up to the federal election.
The former sports minister has faced pressure from Labor to resign amid evidence the program favoured marginal electorates.
“The program was delivering very much needed grants to local communities to build sporting facilities.” The prime minister had conceded the findings of the auditor-general’s report were “very serious” and his government was “acting on its recommendations.”But Senator McKenzie – now the government's agriculture minister – has strongly denied allegations of an election cash splash, even describing her conduct as “reverse pork barrelling.”
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