Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question. The comments that I made on that matter were made on the basis of the information that was available to me from the ANAO report. That ANAO report, at the time of my making that comment, made only one reference to ineligible projects, as best as I'm aware. On page 9 it said 'no applications assessed as ineligible were awarded grant funding,' and that point was reiterated by the ANAO during the committee hearing. In fact, the ANAO's Brian Boyd reiterated this when speaking to the committee on Thursday 13 February. In response to a question from Senator Canavan, 'Was there a project that received funding that was assessed as ineligible by Sport Australia?' he answered, 'No.' That's what the ANAO responded in relation to that matter. I would refer the ANAO report to the Leader of the Opposition, and he will not find in that report anything to contradict the statement that I made at that time, relying on that report. But I can tell you about another report. In a program administered by the member for Grayndler—

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