Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

I completely and utterly reject the premise of the question. The sports grants program is a highly successful, very popular program, which obviously, like many programs, must oversubscribe. The recommendations that came from Sport Australia were recommendations which, for good reason, the minister made decisions to adjust in order to ensure there was a fairer, better, more appropriate spread, including making sure that more projects in Labor electorates were supported than was initially recommended. The Prime Minister has been very clear in describing his involvement and his office's involvement, and we stand by the Prime Minister's statements.