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Peter Dutton’s office fast-tracked one-off grant proposal days after donation given to support him
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s office fast-tracked a one-off $880,000 grant proposal to a retail association eight days after it made a $1,500 political donation to the Queensland Liberal National Party — at an event Mr Dutton attended — for the purpose of personally supporting him.
Key points:
- The National Retail Association (NRA) made a $1,500 donation to the Queensland LNP, saying it was to support Peter Dutton
- One week later Mr Dutton asked that an application by the NRA for a funding grant “be considered sooner”
- Mr Dutton said any suggestion he would be influenced “by a lawful donation to the LNP” was “false and highly defamatory”
7.30 can reveal that Mr Dutton awarded a one-off “national security and criminal justice” grant…
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