An Auditor-General’s inquiry into the Federal Government’s $100 million, taxpayer-funded community sports grants program – prompted by a photograph of former SA Liberal candidate Georgina Downer with a giant novelty cheque – has revealed political use of the scheme and sparked new calls for a national integrity commission.
The acting head of the ABC says the national broadcaster still isn’t sure how it will deal with cuts kicking in from the middle of this year.
The Federal Government is making another attempt to target union corruption in the construction sector after it used rejected legislation to trigger July’s double-dissolution election.
All future sales of state-owned assets such as airports, ports, electricity networks and public transport will be subject to foreign investment rules.