The system under which billions of dollars of grants are handed out to communities across Australia is irretrievably broken | Analysis by swrighteconomy and katinacurtis governmentgrants Auspol
that, grant by grant, electorate by electorate, show a community’s ranking on the electoral pendulum dictates its financial support.
Pork-barrelling is not new. The term itself stems from the US Civil War era of the 1860s. But there is currying favour with voters and then there is the outright discrimination between electorates that these figures suggest has become an endemic part of the federal political system. There are groups in every electorate that are trying to protect their local environment, provide support services to the sick, look after the isolated, improve vital infrastructure or deal with a natural disaster.Largest grant: $90.75 million to Salvation Army for drought payments to households
Three of the 11 programs examined offered grants to regional areas only. They account for almost $1.4 billion - half the total pool.
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