'This is revenge for sports rorts': Australian National Audit Office funding cut

Sally Whyte
Updated October 7 2020 - 3:52pm, first published 9:47am
Auditor-General Grant Hehir asked for more funding but was ignored. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Auditor-General Grant Hehir asked for more funding but was ignored. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Billions of dollars in government stimulus spending could go without scrutiny, after the Prime Minister ignored the Auditor-General's plea for more funding, actually cutting the budget of the independent office.

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Sally Whyte

Sally Whyte

Federal Politics Reporter

I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.

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