Thomson was due to face a hearing on the charges but instead admitted to misusing $25,000 received in business relief payments during the pandemic.
The Minns government review of the two-decades-old ClubsGRANTS scheme will consider which community programs actually provide any benefits.
Where does the NSW government get its revenue? And how exactly is it dished out?
The NSW Labor administration may be buying time with a raft of reviews launched since the election,but government inquiries have a chequered history.
Labor MP Sally Quinnell said she would deliver up to $75,000 to the Camden Musical Society,of which she was a “founding member” and was intimately involved with until mid-2022.
Special Minister of State John Graham said $400,000 would be given to every electorate in NSW under a scheme to fund local community projects.
“This is buying votes with public money”:Geoffrey Watson accuses Labor of pork-barrelling with establishment of $37 million,taxpayer-funded election grants program.
The new details add to a series of revelations about the former MP’s dealings over several years when he was a backbencher and a senior minister.
Leading scientists have raised concerns about the role of ‘captain’s picks’ in the Medical Research Future Fund.
The former Coalition government gave out substantial grants without competition to charities or scientists who personally lobbied for funding.
The Medical Research Future Fund is supposed to back cutting-edge research. Insiders claim its ‘unusual’ structure allows the health minister to hold too much sway.