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Mana from heaven? More Pork Chops revealed

  • Writer: The Beagle
    The Beagle
  • Nov 4, 2021
  • 1 min read

A detailed analysis by Michael West Media (MWM) reveals that the Morrison government redirected a staggering $105 million of grants from round 3 of the Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) marginal seats and pet projects ahead of the last election. The fund is overseen by a secretive ministerial panel, and is meant to be an open and competitive program where grants are selected on merit. A total of 49 of the 112 promoted grants were delivered to marginal seats. The value of those grants was $33.9 million. The motivation for delivering these grants was not altruism but was a means of enhancing electoral prospects at taxpayers’ expense.

Gilmore, NSW received $0.9 million across 2 grants and Eden-Monaro received $2.4 million across 5 grants. Special correspondent Jommy Tee for Michael West Media (MWM) reports:

“The process for announcing the BBRF grants in marginal seats followed the well-trodden path of other rorted grants programs – sideline the Labor and independent incumbent from any announcement and allow LNP candidates to bathe in the reflected glory of corrupted pork-barrelling.”



 
 

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