Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) Share this | Hansard source

In the same Auditor-General's report that was just referred to by the minister for community services, there was a claim that I made grants specific to my own electorate. There are two grants, one of which was made jointly by myself and Minister Garrett. The other was made by myself alone. The one that was made jointly by myself and Minister Garrett was a grant to the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority, which actually covers all 26 electorates in Sydney and affects my electorate to the extent that my electorate is contained within Sydney, and no further.

The second grant, which is one which I made personally, is a grant which was when as agriculture minister I established 56 regional Landcare facilitators—

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