Officials from Australia’s passport office are under investigation after a damning report said it had mishandled hundreds of millions,including huge blowouts on a contract proposed over a coffee.
Mark Hewitt has been stood down by the Anindilyakwa Land Council board and the National Anti-Corruption Commission this week searched its Groote Eylandt office.
The Allan government has not submitted crucial information that would unlock funding promised by the Commonwealth for the mega-project.
The national audit office has released a series of scandalous reports that show our public bureaucracy falling apart,at a cost to us all.
A scathing auditor-general’s report into a $1.2 billion defence contract reveals an official sought a bottle of champagne from the company.
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.