General
Public servants help Foxtel meet deadline for millions in taxpayer-funded sports grants
Public servants worked on the weekend and into the night to get a $5.5 million taxpayer-funded grant for Foxtel processed before an end of financial year deadline.
Key points:
- Foxtel is to be paid $40 million by taxpayers to broadcast women’s, under-represented and niche sports, over a period from 2017
- FOIs reveal Foxtel has “demonstrated robust governance” with the money
- Foxtel has spent more broadcasting the sports than it has received from the grants
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information (FOI) process reveal the push to pay the latest instalment of a $40 million program for the broadcast of women’s, under-represented and niche sports.
It is the first time the public has seen the reports at the core of Foxtel’s justification…
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