Peter Dutton slashed funding for highly regarded community safety projects. Then he selected his own list to fund TueTuesday 9 updated WedWednesday 10 FebFebruary 2021 at 2:39pm Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton overruled his department's recommendations on grant funding for the Safer Communities program. ( Share Print text only Cancel Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton personally slashed millions in grant funding from organisations that were strongly recommended by his department to improve community safety, and used the funds to support his own handpicked list that did not follow his department's recommendations. Key points: The Home Affairs Department recommended funding a list of 70 community safety projects using a merit-based assessment