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Public servants help Foxtel meet deadline for millions in taxpayer-funded sports grants – ABC News
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,…
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…
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