New auditor general report highlighted his office creating new rules for a grants program that saw Labor electorates miss out entirely
the government had handed Crawford’s report to the Independent Commission Against Corruption “for their information”Redbridge’s polling director, Simon Welsh, said controversies relating to Barilaro, including this week’s revelations, were damaging the government’s chances at a fourth term despite him having retired from politics in 2021.“Even though [he] isn’t there … the perception of the brand is pretty baked in.
Welsh expected the latest scandal to push “wet Liberals” into voting for teals and further discourage millennials from voting for the coalition, as well as swing voters in bushfire-affected seats where grants were denied, including the Blue Mountains. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup
“I felt sick because it confirmed to me that the bushfire journey of my community, surrounded on three sides by massive fires … it turns out that that journey was basically traduced,” he said.
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