The Coalition’s decision to veto six research grants was the last straw for a sector that has felt it is under attack and saddled with an unfair funding system.
Australians understand both sides play hard when victory is in sight. There should be no shock when Labor’s spending promises are also scrutinised.
Labor is loading up on community battery projects in marginal seats,especially in electorates the party needs to hold in order to win government.
The government has accused Anthony Albanese of hypocrisy for promising to pour money into sporting clubs,pools and roads in marginal electorates.
Inner West Council mayor Darcy Byrne said residents deserved to benefit from the proceeds of the sale of WestConnex after bearing the brunt of the motorway project.
It was billed as taking tens of thousands of cars off the nation’s roads,but the Commuter Car Park Fund has failed to deliver and no one has been held accountable.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has dumped four promised commuter car parks in his electorate of Kooyong in the face of strong community opposition.
The NSW government could try to buy voters ahead of the 2023 state election if urgent reforms are not made to grants programs.
The decision by acting Education Minister Stuart Robert to veto six research grants on Christmas Eve has been widely condemned by academics.
The Coalition promised nearly 50 car parks ahead of the 2019 election to take thousands of cars off the road. Just six have been built.
An audit of a $184 million fund for community safety find the rounds funded at election times funnelled money into Coalition and marginal seats.