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Questions over Andrew Laming’s link to rugby club that won women’s sport grant
The Morrison government will not say whether it was aware of ties between Liberal MP Andrew Laming’s office and a local rugby club before it promised a half-a-million-dollar grant to the club during the 2019 federal election campaign.
Key points:
- The Southern Bay Cyclones Rugby Union Club won a grant as part of the Female Facilities and Water Safety Stream in 2019
- A staff member in Andrew Laming’s office, Stephanie Eaton, is married to the secretary of that rugby club, James Eaton
- It is not known whether the rugby club has any female teams or female players
The grant to build a new clubhouse for the Southern Bay Cyclones Rugby Union Club in Redland Bay, Queensland, was part of a controversial government program to promote women’s sport…
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