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New allegations of pork barrelling over a $177 million bushfire relief fund
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A parliamentary inquiry into the NSW government’s council grants scandal will be expanded to scrutinise new allegations of pork barrelling over a $177 million state and federal bushfire relief fund, of which the majority was allocated to Coalition-held electorates.
The upper house inquiry will call for new submissions to examine the handout of the grants after only $2.5 million of the first round of funding went to the NSW Labor-held seats of Cessnock and Lismore, analysis done by inquiry chair Greens MP David Shoebridge reveals.
Greens MP David Shoebridge.