Prime Minister’s office role in grants ‘not unusual’: McKenzie

Friday February 12, 2021

As two sporting clubs expressed their concern over how a federal government grants program was administered, a former minister has defended her actions.

McKenzie admitted an attachment to a ministerial brief had been altered without her approval, but did not know who made the alterations(AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

Former cabinet minister Bridget McKenzie said it was not unusual for the prime minister’s office to have input into a controversial community sports grants program.

But she firmly denied any role by Scott Morrison’s office in authorising any of the 684…

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