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Bureaucrats rubber-stamp 98 per cent of Labor’s invite-only grants

The Centre for Public Integrity says 317 of 325 invited projects won funding, raising questions about whether departmental checks were meaningful.

Departmental scrutiny of hundreds of millions of dollars in politically handpicked community grants has been called into question after research revealed bureaucrats almost never reject an invited bid on merit.

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Bureaucrats rubber-stamp 98 per cent of Labor’s invite-only grants

Departmental scrutiny of hundreds of millions of dollars in politically handpicked community grants has been called into question after research revealed bureaucrats almost never reject an invited bid on merit.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
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