The court,which spent more than $6000 over three occasions at one Bondi cellars alone,is one of three federal agencies marked down by the Australian National Audit Office.
The controversial project was spruiked by Scott Morrison just months into his prime ministership and has since seen cost blowouts and conflicts of interest over key contracts.
Labor has seized on new documents to turn the blowtorch on Dutton and his commitment to safety in remote communities over a Voice to parliament.
The Australian National Audit Office investigation announced on Wednesday is the first into alleged pork-barrelling by the government since the election.
A joint parliamentary committee has flagged plans to restrict the ability of future governments to pork-barrel their way to electoral victory.
Flagrant breaches of Commonwealth grants rules and unethical behaviour were revealed in the peak audit body’s review of the Coalition scheme.
The Australian National Audit Office’s damning report raises more questions about whether the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine program can be delivered without significant overruns.
Former assistant minister Jason Wood has been heavily criticised by Labor for overruling the Department of Home Affairs on the $265 million Safer Communities program.
Former Coalition minister Jason Wood says these were election pledges,not grants.
The auditor-general has used an inquiry into federal grant programs to call for change to increase transparency and get value for money.
The findings have been revealed in full after the release of the February 2020 report under freedom of information laws,long after the Coalition’s funding blitz before the 2019 election.