Senate debates

Thursday, 27 February 2020

Questions without Notice

Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program

2:09 pm

Photo of Mathias CormannMathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Let me firstly completely reject that final assertion. The Prime Minister did nothing of the sort. As Sport Australia said quite explicitly to the Senate select committee inquiring into the highly successful and popular sports grants program, the brief approving the third round of projects was dated 4 April 2019. The caretaker period associated with the 2019 election did not, of course, start until Thursday 11 April. In accordance with the conventions, decisions taken before a caretaker period can be announced during a caretaker period.

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