“We’ve increased our risk to a point that I’d be uncomfortable doing that any further.”
Senator Rex Patrick challenged Hehir about why he didn’t publicly advocate for funding to increase performance audits to 70 or 80 per year.
Hehir said the best “bang for buck” could be achieved by 48-50 performance audits and stronger oversight of agencies’ own performance statements.
“As auditors we’re never wishing to be extravagant, we’re always wishing to be reasonable.”
ANAO submission shows its funding is shrinking while govt spending it overseas grows. pic.twitter.com/E2M2j73B6o Paul Karp (@Paul Karp) February 19, 2021
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Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton charged taxpayers more than $36,000 to charter a Royal Australian Air Force jet to Tasmania to make a grants announcement for two councils during a 2018 byelection campaign.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton against accusations of pork-barrelling, as the cabinet minister says his changes gave the Commonwealth more bang for its buck.
Mr Dutton handpicked 53 projects to share in $8.5 million for security cameras and safety lighting in the months before the last federal election, only five of which were in safe Labor seats.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, says he is not aware of anything to show Peter Dutton broke the rules of a grants program that directed money overwhelmingly to coalition or marginal electorates ahead of the 2019 election.
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