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 $20 million to prop up businesses controlled by one of the Coalition’s biggest donors, Anthony Pratt.
