New analysis has today revealed the latest round of Morrison-Joyce Government rorts, with almost 90% of new Building Better Regions funding going to Coalition-held or marginal seats.
Out of $300 million of funding available, Coalition-held and marginal seats received around $270 million.
The numbers don’t lie. This is the latest in a long line of rorts from the Morrison-Joyce Government.
After Sports Rorts, Car Park Rorts and Safer Communities Rorts, we now have another round of Regional Rorts.
Councils, businesses and communities across regional Australia are fed up with opaque funding programs where what matters is who your local member is, not the strength of your project proposal.
This is why the Morrison-Joyce Government won’t introduce a National Integrity Commission, it would get in the way of rorts like this.
Even before these latest revelations, the ANAO had already announced they were auditing this billion dollar program.
This came after previous rounds of the BBRF saw astonishing ministerial intervention and up to 94% of funding go to Coalition held and targeted seats.
Regional Australians deserve better than this.
Only an Albanese Labor Government can be trusted to legislate a real National Integrity Commission and end the Morrison-Joyce Government’s addiction to rorts.
MONDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2021
CATHERINE KING – MEDIA RELEASE – MORE RORTS FROM THE MORRISON-JOYCE GOVERNMENT – MONDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2021
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