'It's not your job?':NSW Premier defends ministers under fire

'It's not your job?':NSW Premier defends ministers under fire

Gladys Berejiklian spent much of her three-hour appearance before NSW estimates defending Police Minister David Elliott and Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres.

  • byLisa Visentin andNigel Gladstone

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Immodest marketing for promised stimulus spend
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Immodest marketing for promised stimulus spend

The government has been dragged kicking and screaming into a fiscal response by coronavirus but the PM is still spinning about the vanishing budget surplus.

'Someone has to be responsible':Legal doubts over sports rorts grants

'Someone has to be responsible':Legal doubts over sports rorts grants

A Senate Committee hearing in South Australia also heard from sporting clubs angry they missed out on funding.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Labor presses attack after McKenzie denies making sports grant changes

Labor presses attack after McKenzie denies making sports grant changes

Senator Bridget McKenzie said she had not altered a list of projects to be funded after signing and dating a brief on April 4.

  • byNick Bonyhady
'Unbeknown to me':McKenzie rejects'sports rorts'backdating claim

'Unbeknown to me':McKenzie rejects'sports rorts'backdating claim

Former sports minister Bridget McKenzie says changes to a key sports grants document were made without her knowledge.

  • byDavid Crowe
Country tennis club takes legal action after'sports rort'scandal
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Country tennis club takes legal action after'sports rort'scandal

The Beechworth Lawn Tennis Club is threatening legal action after former Minister for Sport Bridget McKenzie interfered in funding process for a community sports grants.

  • bySamantha Hutchinson andTammy Mills
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Sport Australia admits it misled Senate inquiry over sports funding program

Sport Australia admits it misled Senate inquiry over sports funding program

The government body that administered the sports grants scheme told the Senate it had received one email with approved projects when the election was called. Two had been sent.

  • byDavid Crowe andNick Bonyhady
Top bureaucrat will answer questions over'sports rorts'review

Top bureaucrat will answer questions over'sports rorts'review

Phil Gaetjens will appear before Parliament to answer questions about his review of the controversial $100 million community sporting grants program.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Public servant destroyed notes about meeting over'sports rorts'spreadsheet

Public servant destroyed notes about meeting over'sports rorts'spreadsheet

A top government official has revealed she destroyed her records of a late-night meeting about a $100 million sport funding program.

  • byDavid Crowe andNick Bonyhady
Sports funding belly flop in ‘regional’ North Sydney
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Sports funding belly flop in ‘regional’ North Sydney

It is comforting to learn that North Sydney pool is actually a regional facility.

Labor accuses PM of'cooking the books'with timing of sports grants

Labor accuses PM of'cooking the books'with timing of sports grants

A Senate committee heard former sport minister Bridget McKenzie's office formally approved some projects after the government had entered caretaker mode.

  • byDavid Crowe andNick Bonyhady