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

As I have advised the House on numerous occasions, the decision-maker in this process was the minister for sport, not the Prime Minister. There was no authorisation provided by me as Prime Minister on the projects. Those authorisations were provided on 4 April, according to the approval of the brief by Senator McKenzie on that date, as advised by Sport Australia.

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