Senate debates

Thursday, 3 September 2020

Questions without Notice

Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program

2:13 pm

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

I think it's quite unsurprising that a minister who's looking to promote funding into their portfolio would meet with the Prime Minister proposing to do exactly that. I've done that a number of times in my portfolios, and the record of that is public to see—$1.5 billion into aged care for COVID-19. So, I think it's quite unsurprising that a minister would go to a meeting with the Prime Minister to advocate for additional funding into a program that had received significant—

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