Sport Australia executive who worked on grants no longer in job

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A senior Sport Australia executive whom the Auditor-General said had an undeclared conflict of interest in the allocation of grants no longer works for the government body

Nevertheless, Sport Australia insists no single sport received an unfair advantage, although this does not preclude Senator McKenzie having reprioritised projects over the ones the Sport Australia executive may have endorsed.

Sport Australia said in a statement: “The overwhelming majority of successful applications for the Community Sport Infrastructure grants were for multi-sport, multi-purpose facilities, benefiting numerous participation sports and the local community.”Former federal sports minister Rod Kemp was asked in September to conduct a functions and efficiency review of Sport Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport.

It is unprecedented for a former federal minister to conduct a review of his old portfolio and his report, completed in late December, will be tabled in Cabinet on February 3. The report is likely to be studied ahead of advice received from the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Phil Gaetjens, on whether Senator McKenzie breached ministerial standards in approving some grants.

The Auditor-General, in his report, said of the senior Sport Australia employee: “There is a risk that the sport linked to this organisation [the executive's former employer] was provided with a competitive advantage compared to other sports and potential applications by that Sport Australia employee.”

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