Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to an Audit Office report into the Volunteer Small Equipment Grants program which found that the department’s grants recommendations were overruled by the then minister, Larry Anthony. Is the Prime Minister aware that the Audit Office found:

The only factor that had a statistically significant and independent influence on the minister’s decision to increase the number of VSEG 2004 Round One grants provided to an electorate was whether the electorate was held by the National Party.

Does the Prime Minister agree with the Audit Office’s conclusion?

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