The national auditor has launched an probe into a controversial funding program overseen by Peter Dutton. The former home affairs minister cut millions in funding to organisations strongly recommended for grants, and redirected the money to his own hand-picked recipients, according to the ABC. Labor requested the auditor-general look into the Safer Communities Fund, which Mr Dutton oversaw, after allegations the program had been used to target marginal seats. The National Audit Office (ANAO) confirmed in March it was considering the move and on Wednesday wrote to Labor senator Kristina Keneally to confirm an audit was under way. "The objective of this audit is to assess whether the award of funding under the Safer Communities Fund was effective and consistent with the Commonwealth Grant Rules and Guidelines," it read.