General
Australian National Audit Office launches review into grant fund overseen by Peter Dutton
The Australian National Audit Office has commenced an audit into the administration of a community safety grant scheme by Peter Dutton and the awarding of discretionary grants from the proceeds of crime.
Key points:
- In February, 7.30 revealed Peter Dutton overruled his department’s recommendations on grant funding for the Safer Communities program
- The funding guidelines state the minister can override the department’s merit-based assessments
- Auditor-General Grant Hehir says the audit will examine whether appropriate guidelines were in place
In a letter to Shadow Home Affairs Minister Kristina Keneally, Auditor-General Grant Hehir said he had commenced the audit to examine whether the awarding of grants under the Safer Communities Fund…
Continue Reading
-
General19 hours agoFour escape injury after jumping from three-storey unit on fire in Newcastle
-
Noosa News18 hours agoGippsland vegetable farm accused of underpaying migrant workers
-
General11 hours agoMan refused bail charged with depicting Adolf Hitler and Nazi symbols on boat
-
Noosa News20 hours agoThe Best Things to Do in Brisbane This New Year’s Eve