Waiting for flood or bushfire recovery funds...? Better live in the 'right' electorate! episode artwork

EPISODE · Apr 9, 2021

Waiting for flood or bushfire recovery funds...? Better live in the 'right' electorate!

from Think Again · host Jacques Boulet & Mark Lloyd-Cape

Jacques has a conversation with Matt Lloyd-Cape from the Per Capitathink tank about their research regarding the allocation and distribution ofFederal funds  to victims of the 2019-20 bushfires.Barely half of the promised billions was spent by the end of 2019 and - as we're now gettingaccustomed to with the present LNP federal government - 3/4 of all fundswent to NSW and of that only 1% to Labor electorates...Rorting and pork-barrelling seem to have consistently been operative principles ofthe distribution of grants and other funds by the present government.

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