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A bushfire recovery fund is at the centre of a new pork-barrelling scandal, with allegations funding has been targeted to Coalition-held state seats.
It’s shaping up as the first big rort of the year, and boy is it a whopper.
The Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund was supposed to be a rescue package for NSW communities ravaged by last year’s Black Summer.
Instead it's at the centre of a new pork-barrelling scandal, with allegations funding has been targeted to Coalition-held state seats -- including $10 million for a paper mill controlled by one of the Coalition’s biggest donors, Anthony Pratt.
Reporter @georgiamareew
Georgia Wilkins is a senior reporter at Crikey. Previously Georgia was a journalist at The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. She has also worked as a reporter overseas.
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