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Labor demands apology to sporting clubs

A string of Labor MPs say sporting clubs who missed out on funding due to the sports rorts scandal deserve an apology from...

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27th Feb. 2020 10:02 AM

Labor MP Nick Champion says the City of Salisbury council spent 100 hours on a proposal to redevelop a tyre factory into an athletics field.

PM’s office exchanged 136 emails over sports grants

The PM has been grilled in Question Time over the $100m so-called sports grants scandal after it emerged his office...

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26th Feb. 2020 2:02 PM

Albanese: sport grants rort "just stinks"

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese is calling on top bureaucrat Phil Gaetjens to publicly release his report into the...

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15th Feb. 2020 3:02 PM

Scott Morrison is under pressure over the sports rorts scandal.

Secret sports report has Federal Government running scared

If there’s nothing to hide, taxpayers should be able to read the review ordered into how the ASC and AIS spends taxpayers’...

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15th Feb. 2020 1:02 PM

Australian Sports Commission boss John Wylie. Picture: Aaron Francis/The Australian

Half of sports grants ‘ineligible’

Almost half of the sports groups funded under the Coalition’s $100 million sports grants program were ineligible, a Senate...

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13th Feb. 2020 7:02 PM

Almost half of the sports groups funded under the Coalition’s $100 million sports grants program were ineligible, a Senate inquiry has heard.

Queensland MPs to benefit in post-sports rort reshuffle

She only lost her job four days ago, but sports grants scandal Minister Bridget McKenzie is already being talked about for...

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06th Feb. 2020 5:02 AM

‘That’s a fact’: New twist in sport scandal

The minister responsible for the sport rorts scandal is gone, but the government is still under siege. So it has latched on...

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03rd Feb. 2020 7:02 PM

The minister responsible for the sport rorts scandal is gone, but the government is still under siege. So it has latched on to a new defence, writes Sam Clench

What McKenzie failed to say in signing off

Bridget McKenzie has spoken out after falling on her sword over the sports grants scandal. But it’s what she didn’t say...

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03rd Feb. 2020 5:02 PM

Bridget McKenzie has spoken out after falling on her sword over the sports grants scandal. But it’s what she didn’t say that spoke volumes.

It’s on: Nats leader told there’ll be a spill

Amid the manoeuvring for the position of Nationals deputy leader, leader Michael McCormack has been told he too will face a...

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03rd Feb. 2020 5:02 PM

Amid the manoeuvring for the position of Nationals deputy leader, leader Michael McCormack has been told he too will face a spill of his position on Tuesday.

Expert names dark horse contender for McKenzie’s spot

Could George Christensen throw his hat into the leadership ring? A party room meeting to decide the National's deputy...

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03rd Feb. 2020 2:02 PM

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