Senate debates

Thursday, 15 March 2012

Questions without Notice

Grants Allocation

2:00 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Abetz does not understand. The Audit Office has noted positively for the first time that the government's expectation for ministers, agencies and officials when performing duties in relation to grants administration was clearly articulated. In the latest report, the ANAO examined some 800 ministerial briefs and identified out of the 800 only 33 cases of underreporting of grants in a minister's own electorate.

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