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Sydney Council to Repay $36 Million in ‘Egregious Pork-Barrelling’
The money came from the Coalition government’s Stronger Communities fund, which a 2021 inquiry found was improperly allocated on a politically partisan basis.
Former New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces her resignation during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 1, 2021. Bianca De Marchi - Pool/Getty Images
Hornsby Shire Council, in Sydney’s north, is to be forced to repay most of the $40 million grant it received to build a park that never happened.
The money came from the former Coalition government’s Stronger Communities fund, which was established in 2017 to support councils that were forced to merge.
Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
