Morrison took control of the “collaboration stream” in the MMI program and signed off on the 17 grants as prime minister at the same time he held secret authority over five portfolios including industry, although he did not use his dual position as industry minister to approve the grants., the government is likely to step up its attack on his conduct after it receives a report from Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue on Monday into whether the unconventional moves were within the law.
The MMI program, set up in October 2020, offered $1.3 billion in grants in three streams, known as translation, collaboration and integration. Unlike other grants programs, the guidelines for the collaboration stream said: “The prime minister decides which applications are successful.”, included help for six safe Coalition seats with projects in O’Connor, Gippsland, Fairfax, Fadden, Durack and two projects in Flynn – a target seat for Labor early in the election campaign.
A $61 million commitment to cancer research and the Australian Genomic Cancer Medicine Centre, now known as Omico, was unveiled on March 17 at the Garvan Institute near the electorate of Wentworth with Liberal MP Dave Sharma, who attended the announcement. The institute is located in the safe Labor electorate of Sydney, three blocks from the border with Wentworth, the blue-ribbon seat the government fought hard to keep but ultimately lost to independent Allegra Spender.
As a result, 10 of the 17 projects in the collaboration stream were in Coalition electorates. None of the announcements quoted Labor local members.
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM How great he supported the Manufacturing Companies. Such a hero.
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM The horse 🐎 has bolted, imagine if he had been returned as pm we could have changed our country to nth Australia.
fmllolnews ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Thats what happens when your in government, you get to choose who get the $. its nothing new.
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM After 40yrs service to Her Majesty's Colonial Office, I have learnt to spot a scoundrel from a mile off. Scrott is one. Here's a little song I wrote. Lock 'Em Up by The District Commissioner on SoundCloud
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Dan Andrews big build rail loop is the same story No grants no build no jobs in safe ALP seats Bring on the independents as neither the ALP or Liberals have any incentive to put money into the most disadvantaged urban areas
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Good. Great projects.
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Let's not pretend for a moment that doesn't happen on both sides of politics. Cancelling the East-West link in favour of building train lines and removing level crossings in Labor seats for one.
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Announcement made March 17. Weeks before the election and you're discovering it now. The voters knew a conman when they saw one Pity journos didn't do a bit more questioning instead of reprinting political party handouts
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Maybe it's just a report. The exclusive is redundant click bait.
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Yes, we knew that, try and keep up.
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Half? That is hardly an incriminating statistic.
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Yes pork barrelling if in opposition seats and corruption in your own. Then it is the 'Age'
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Gosh that never happens with any other party
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Just another case of the major parties thinking they are unaccountable and can do what ever they want, this is corruption using public money for their self interests!
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Ha ha wow so unexpected too.
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM So you're saying almost half were located in non Liberal electorates. Nothing to see here. witchhunt
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM That's why they are called LNPCrimeFamily !!!!!!!!
ScottMorrisonMP CroweDM Why is this being reported now? Where was this type of reporting when the Liberals/Nationals were in government for the past 9 years? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔