Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

That Auditor-General's report stated:

The awarding of funding to projects also disproportionately favoured ALP held seats …

It also said:

In addition to the data originally provided by the department—

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two new columns were added to the worksheet to identify the electorate in which the project was located, and the political party that held that electorate.