The Auditor-General has warned the Morrison government to lift its performance on the use of taxpayer funds after a scathing inquiry into a $220 million jobs scheme which found it suffered from conflicts of interest and intervention by ministers.
This meant 28 per cent of recommended applications were not funded under the $220.5 million Regional Jobs and Investment Packages announced over the two years following the 2016 election. Michael McCormack said the scheme had helped to stimulate economic growth and create thousands of jobs.Mr McCormack said the $220.5 million in grant funding had "leveraged" an estimated additional $467.8 million to support projects in regional Australia.
The Coalition unveiled the scheme with a promise to create jobs in nine regions including the Bowen Basin in Queensland, the NSW North Coast, the Goulburn Valley of Victoria, the NSW South Coast and regional Tasmania. In two cases, projects in the NSW South Coast electorate of Gilmore received funding from the ministerial panel when they were not backed by the department process.
CroweDM Ah, the Morrison government, can't get anything right.
geoffrey_payne CroweDM slpng_giants_oz AnthonyCole68 fair few audits going on and money being thrown around yes regional jobs need addressing however audits how many now
CroweDM pork barreling gone mad The Nats r desperate so money is raining on d farms Big squander when aged care is neglected due to lack of funding Operators r going bankrupt Newstart is pathetic LNP is busy pampering farmers n bankers
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