Kimberley Kitching (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Government Accountability) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck. The Australian newspaper this morning revealed that in the days after the Nationals leadership spill, Deputy Prime Minister McCormack lobbied the Prime Minister for a $120,000 grant to keep open an aged care home in the electorate of Nationals' ally Damian Drum. The article also reports that 'Nationals sources questioned the due process conducted ahead of the grant being finalised in four days.' What representations did the Prime Minister or his office make to the minister and when did they occur? Why was the grant finalised so quickly?