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Quango directors need to speak out - an interview with Andrew Wilkie
I co-authored this article (feat. @WilkieMP) with @StuartKells published today @TheMandarinAU
#sportsrorts #auspol @AICDirectors #governance #integrity #YesMinister http://bit.ly/2SM12B2
I co-authored this article (feat. @WilkieMP) with @StuartKells published today @TheMandarinAU
#sportsrorts #auspol @AICDirectors #governance #integrity #YesMinister http://bit.ly/2SM12B2
For those watching: Senate Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants will hear from @sportaustralia on 27 Feb #sportrorts #auspol
@CorpGovResearch @lynlinking @Jodie3735 @jommy_tee @RonniSalt @paulwkennedy
@CorpGovResearch @lynlinking @Jodie3735 @jommy_tee @RonniSalt @paulwkennedy
“Kate Palmer [former CEO @sportaustralia] is a respected sports administrator who left Sport Australia in January after the *board* indicated it wanted to test the market for her role.“
#sportsrorts #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-21/kate-palmer-to-appear-at-sport-grants-inquiry/11985802
#sportsrorts #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-21/kate-palmer-to-appear-at-sport-grants-inquiry/11985802
For those watching: Senate Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants will hear from *fmr* Dept Sec & @sportaustralia board member Glenys Beauchamp on 28 Feb #sportsrorts #auspol
@CorpGovResearch @lynlinking @Jodie3735 @jommy_tee @RonniSalt @shannjenkins7
@CorpGovResearch @lynlinking @Jodie3735 @jommy_tee @RonniSalt @shannjenkins7
Constitutional law expert @Sydney_Uni Anne Twomey sub14 to Senate Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants:
“The Minister had no power to approve the grants and her action in this regard was unlawful.”
#sportsrorts #auspol @CorpGovResearch @Jodie3735
@jommy_tee
“The Minister had no power to approve the grants and her action in this regard was unlawful.”
#sportsrorts #auspol @CorpGovResearch @Jodie3735
@jommy_tee
Submission to Senate Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants
“Integrity is cultural, and a holistic response is essential”
I co-authored this submission with Marie dela Rama @UTSEngage & @StuartKells @latrobe (s8):
http://bit.ly/37WNvft
#sportsrorts @latrobenews
“Integrity is cultural, and a holistic response is essential”
I co-authored this submission with Marie dela Rama @UTSEngage & @StuartKells @latrobe (s8):
http://bit.ly/37WNvft
#sportsrorts @latrobenews
The nation’s top *bureaucrat* to answer #sportsrorts questions in a fortnight. Integrity, ethics & priorities...
Breaking: Beechworth Lawn Tennis Club threatens to sue @sportaustralia over #sportrorts
Virginia Trioli @LaTrioli @abcmelbourne interview with Andy Carr, President BLTC this morning
Virginia Trioli @LaTrioli @abcmelbourne interview with Andy Carr, President BLTC this morning
Fmr Minister McKenzie: “I did not make any changes or annotations to this brief or its attachments after 4 April 2019.”
“Nevertheless, changes were made and administrative errors occurred in processing the brief.”
#sportsrorts #auspol
http://bit.ly/2PPHafA
“Nevertheless, changes were made and administrative errors occurred in processing the brief.”
#sportsrorts #auspol
http://bit.ly/2PPHafA
“the decision-maker in this process was the minister for sport” PM Morrision #qt 27 Feb 20
Well it appears not. See comment above by Fmr Minister McKenzie.
#sportsrorts #auspol
Well it appears not. See comment above by Fmr Minister McKenzie.
#sportsrorts #auspol
“But, ultimately, the role of the approver was the minister.” John Wylie, Chair @sportaustralia at Senate Committee hearing 27 Feb 20
Well it appears not. See comment above by Fmr Minister McKenzie.
Then, who signed-off on them? H/t @denniallen #sportsrorts #auspol
Well it appears not. See comment above by Fmr Minister McKenzie.
Then, who signed-off on them? H/t @denniallen #sportsrorts #auspol
“If we care about integrity in government, the Coalition must be held accountable for the grants saga” @murpharoo
#sportsrorts #FederalICACnow http://t.ly/b91zG
#sportsrorts #FederalICACnow http://t.ly/b91zG
Minister Hunt announced this $170K grant just 2 days before election. Caretaker guidelines apply to the making of decisions not to their announcement. But the issue of who lawfully made the decision..
#sportsrorts https://twitter.com/BreakfastNews/status/1219724884281974784?s=20
Caretaker guidelines. “decisions should be announced ahead of dissolution..”
Well these #sportrorts grants certainly did cause controversy. Maybe it’s time to review the guidelines - and/or adherence there to.
Well these #sportrorts grants certainly did cause controversy. Maybe it’s time to review the guidelines - and/or adherence there to.
“it was never constitutional that Bridget McKenzie was involved in this, in the first place. And if it's somebody else who is making these decisions, who ever it is, there is a really big question about the legality” @latingle #sportsrorts #insiders https://twitter.com/InsidersABC/status/1236423608676704257?s=20
ICYMI: “The former health department boss Glenys Beauchamp..denied having any memory of a late-night meeting between herself, the Australian Sports Commission chair, John Wylie, and the former Sport Australia head Kate Palmer.”
#sportsrorts #auspol http://bit.ly/2wLeLkc
#sportsrorts #auspol http://bit.ly/2wLeLkc
For those watching: Senate Select Committee on Administration. Line up for hearing in Melbourne on 12 Mar
#sportsrorts #auspol
@CorpGovResearch @StuartKells @andycarrau @lynlinking @Jodie3735 @shannjenkins7
#sportsrorts #auspol
@CorpGovResearch @StuartKells @andycarrau @lynlinking @Jodie3735 @shannjenkins7
“Sport Australia had a power of delegation, but the minister was not listed as a possible delegate, and the minister had a power to set “practices and policies” but that did not allow her to supplant Sport Australia as the decision-maker.”
#sportsrorts
http://bit.ly/2Q5XAkd
#sportsrorts
http://bit.ly/2Q5XAkd
"On its face, the minister had no power to make the grants in question," Prof Twomey said. #sportsrorts #auspol https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6675742/sports-rorts-not-constitutional-expert/?cs=14231
For those watching: Senate Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants: hearing transcripts (Melbourne 12 Mar) now available. #sportsrorts #auspol
Here is a link to testimony by @StuartKells & me. @CorpGovResearch @cayteya @Jodie3735 @latrobenews
http://t.ly/R9LJZ
Here is a link to testimony by @StuartKells & me. @CorpGovResearch @cayteya @Jodie3735 @latrobenews
http://t.ly/R9LJZ
“we just ask that it's fair and transparent”
@andycarrau at Senate Committee hearing in Melb on 12 Mar. #sportsrorts #auspol @JoshBBornstein @LaTrioli
Transcript: http://t.ly/2Xk99
@andycarrau at Senate Committee hearing in Melb on 12 Mar. #sportsrorts #auspol @JoshBBornstein @LaTrioli
Transcript: http://t.ly/2Xk99
Caretaker convention: ’Let’s not go out and buy a 50 million dollar dinosaur relic’ @murpharoo
Great podcast summary #sportsrorts: The sports rorts questions Scott Morrison doesn’t want to answer http://t.ly/Ey7AR
Great podcast summary #sportsrorts: The sports rorts questions Scott Morrison doesn’t want to answer http://t.ly/Ey7AR
BREAKING: “If there are projects that the minister’s office wishes to fund, you may choose to select those projects and fund them separately via a ministerial budget” - O’Neill email reveals #sportsrorts
So why did SA ‘cut the cheques’ for those projects? http://t.ly/9mwJL
So why did SA ‘cut the cheques’ for those projects? http://t.ly/9mwJL
‘Trust matters. Trust is the glue that holds democracies together.
Morrison asks for trust every day that he stands up and speaks to the nation about managing the coronavirus.’ @murpharoo
#sportsrorts #Covid_19australia http://t.ly/61rlx
Morrison asks for trust every day that he stands up and speaks to the nation about managing the coronavirus.’ @murpharoo
#sportsrorts #Covid_19australia http://t.ly/61rlx
ICYMI: SportAustralia's Answers to Questions Taken on Notice during 27 Feb hearing of Senate Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants #sportsrorts
See Robin O’Niell’s ‘you may choose to select those projects and fund them separately via a Ministerial Budget’ EMAIL.
See Robin O’Niell’s ‘you may choose to select those projects and fund them separately via a Ministerial Budget’ EMAIL.
ICYMI: SportAustralia Answers to QoN during hearing of Senate Select Committee on Administration of Sports Grants #sportsrorts http://t.ly/2ODdj
Finance Audit & Risk Committee meeting 13 Dec 2018
‘Minister for Sport had overturned..recommendations’
'discussions..robust’
Finance Audit & Risk Committee meeting 13 Dec 2018
‘Minister for Sport had overturned..recommendations’
'discussions..robust’
COMPARISON OF INTEGRITY COMMISSION MODELS
Our response to Question on Notice: Senate Select Committee on Administration of Sport Grants, Melbourne hearing, on 12 March 2020. #sportrorts #FedICACNow
with @StuartKells @latrobe
Detailed response http://t.ly/2ODdj
Our response to Question on Notice: Senate Select Committee on Administration of Sport Grants, Melbourne hearing, on 12 March 2020. #sportrorts #FedICACNow
with @StuartKells @latrobe
Detailed response http://t.ly/2ODdj
ICYMI:29 Apr: “I make no apology for exercising ministerial discretion,” Senator McKenzie said in her #sportsrorts statement (sub 44: http://t.ly/MXx00 ) "To do so was my prerogative, but more importantly, it was my responsibility.”
Actually was SA's http://t.ly/RtGn
Actually was SA's http://t.ly/RtGn
10 April 2019, the day before the election was called: “The prime minister’s office also requested that the roll out ‘gets co-ordinated in conjunction with CHQ’ [campaign headquarters].” #sportsrorts @Paul_Karp http://t.ly/gPV4
‘The sports rorts on steroids saga has shone a light on the murky role of guidelines in contemporary public sector responsibility, accountability and governance.’ #sportsrorts The Rorts, the Guidelines and the Minister https://theaimn.com/the-rorts-the-guidelines-and-the-minister/amp/
‘The former Minister made the remarkable claim that [Sport Australia] was not governed by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (PPGA) Act 2013’ It does apply. Excerpt MIN sub 44 #sportsrorts #auspol
https://theaimn.com/the-rorts-the-guidelines-and-the-minister/amp/
![‘The former Minister made the remarkable claim that [Sport Australia] was not governed by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (PPGA) Act 2013’ It does apply. Excerpt MIN sub 44 #sportsrorts #auspol https://theaimn.com/the-rorts-the-guidelines-and-the-minister/amp/](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXtvEdRUwAEW8bb.jpg "‘The former Minister made the remarkable claim that [Sport Australia] was not governed by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (PPGA) Act 2013’ It does apply. Excerpt MIN sub 44 #sportsrorts #auspol https://theaimn.com/the-rorts-the-guidelines-and-the-minister/amp/")
#sportsrorts #auspolhttps://theaimn.com/the-rorts-the-guidelines-and-the-minister/amp/
‘Morrison has never explained whether late changes to the community sport infrastructure grant program were made with proper authority, after McKenzie revealed she had not signed off on any changes after 4 April.’ @Pual_Karp #sportsrorts https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/11/scott-morrison-denies-misleading-parliament-over-sports-rorts-saga?CMP=share_btn_tw
According to ANAO, PM’s office wrote: “We need to be able to cross check against our list and also be able to pull individual projects out to coordinate announcements and material from CCHQ [Coalition campaign headquarters].” @shannjenkins7 @TheMandarinAU http://t.ly/EGcu
[ #sportsrorts] grants program faces a range of legal problems, including legal academics warning it was unconstitutional and the ANAO’s suggestion that McKenzie appeared to lack legal authority to give grants, because that power lay with @sportaustralia.’ http://t.ly/v2Cc
13 May ‘Paper trail now...not only gives the PM a case to answer, it runs against his statement to Parliament in February that it was McKenzie who had the power to authorise grants’ @latingle #sportsrorts #auspol https://twitter.com/abc730/status/1260509548311281664?s=21
‘ @sportaustralia failed to identify an independent source of Bridget McKenzie’s authority to make $141m in sports grants, suggesting instead the minister piggybacked off its powers to do so.’ @Paul_Karp #sportsrorts It was SA with the statutory authority.
https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/14/sport-australia-fails-to-identify-bridget-mckenzies-legal-authority-to-issue-grants?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&__twitter_impression=true
https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/14/sport-australia-fails-to-identify-bridget-mckenzies-legal-authority-to-issue-grants?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&__twitter_impression=true
BREAKING: SA admits statutory authority for #sportsrorts grants was with them [not the Minister].
13 May: ’In exercising *its Powers*, it was open to Sport Australia to *take account* of the Minister’s approval.’ - SA response to Senate Q8 http://t.ly/7tIr
![BREAKING: SA admits statutory authority for #sportsrorts grants was with them [not the Minister].13 May: ’In exercising *its Powers*, it was open to Sport Australia to *take account* of the Minister’s approval.’ - SA response to Senate Q8 http://t.ly/7tIr](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EX8DGL1UwAACeDp.jpg "BREAKING: SA admits statutory authority for #sportsrorts grants was with them [not the Minister].13 May: ’In exercising *its Powers*, it was open to Sport Australia to *take account* of the Minister’s approval.’ - SA response to Senate Q8 http://t.ly/7tIr")
13 May: ’In exercising *its Powers*, it was open to Sport Australia to *take account* of the Minister’s approval.’ - SA response to Senate Q8 http://t.ly/7tIr
‘Australian National Audit Office to prepare for a dystopian future filled withe easily-overriden "AuditDrones", because gov decided that the office which uncovered the still-unravelling #sportsrorts clusterhumpery would benefit from budget cuts.’ #auspol https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/05/29/sports-rorts-australian-national-audit-office-funding/
‘Community Development Grants program isn’t the Coalition’s hot $1.126 billion political rort – it’s the Coalition’s hot $2.5 billion-plus political rort.
It’s not 11 times bigger than #sportsrorts, it’s 25 times bigger and counting.’
https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2020/06/01/community-development-grant-pascoe/
It’s not 11 times bigger than #sportsrorts, it’s 25 times bigger and counting.’
https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2020/06/01/community-development-grant-pascoe/
‘Right now, the ANAO is holding its ground despite intense pressure and push back from several quarters including the executive branch of the federal government.’ #sportsrorts #auspol https://www.themandarin.com.au/134975-opinion-federal-agencies-and-watchdogs-find-their-voice-in-the-covid-era/
‘The scheme received attention earlier this year when it emerged the program was not opened to applications from the public, and that more than 40% of the fund was spent on projects in just two marginal Liberal electorates.’ #sportsrorts #auspol
https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/24/beggars-belief-womens-office-excluded-from-talks-on-150m-scheme-to-boost-females-in-sport?__twitter_impression=true
https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jun/24/beggars-belief-womens-office-excluded-from-talks-on-150m-scheme-to-boost-females-in-sport?__twitter_impression=true
‘Accusing former sports minister Bridget McKenzie of backdating a document to allow funding to flow to marginal seats after the federal election was called, Senator Wong told Parliament it was “probably a criminal offence”.’ #sportsrorts #auspol https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2020/03/02/corruption-penny-wong-sports-rorts/
‘The $8000 for a sailing club barbecue in Scott Morrison’s electorate is as good an example as any of federal politicians local big-noting with taxpayers funds.
It’s tacky, it stinks. It’s not what a federal government should be doing.’ #sportsrorts https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2020/03/03/michael-pascoe-liberal-grants-costs/
It’s tacky, it stinks. It’s not what a federal government should be doing.’ #sportsrorts https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2020/03/03/michael-pascoe-liberal-grants-costs/
For those watching: #sportsrorts ‘Senate inquiry resumes next week with head of public service due to be questioned’ #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/18/sports-rorts-queensland-club-with-no-adult-womens-team-given-grant-for-female-change-room
‘The cover sheet [SA submission to MIN] is edited by hand to specify that grants were not “recommended by Sport Australia” but rather “approved by [the] minister”.’ #sportsrorts #auspol #papertrail https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/21/sports-rorts-coalition-approved-at-least-six-grants-without-an-application-form-documents-reveal?__twitter_impression=true
Case study by former PM @MrKRudd on how some media treat two failures in quarantine. #RubyPrincess #VicQuarantineFailure #auspol #MediaWatch #RubyRC https://twitter.com/MrKRudd/status/1285050455354040320
Breaking: #sportsrorts Senate Select Committee Inquiry is back on! DPC head Phil Gaitjens only did *1 interview* (one other by his offsider). #auspol Watch live: https://www.aph.gov.au/news_and_events/watch_parliament
22 Jul: Senate Select Committee Inquiry into #sportsrorts. @SenKatyG questions head Dept PM&C Phil Gaethen on whether he looked into whether the MIN acted lawfully. #auspol
22 Jul: Senate Select Committee Inquiry into #sportsrorts. @AnthonyChisholm & @SenKatyG question head Phil Gaetjens et al on why Dept PM&C *didn’t investigate* a $40m breach of the Caretaker Conventions (Guidelines) (as per MIN recount) #auspol
22/7 Phil Gaetjens claimed it was “not in my purview or competence to answer” that question because he is not a lawyer & Scott Morrison had instead asked the attorney general to do so.’ @Paul_Karp #sportsrorts #auspol
I’m not a lawyer. I’m from marketing. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/22/sports-rorts-inquiry-didnt-consider-whether-bridget-mckenzie-had-legal-authority
I’m not a lawyer. I’m from marketing. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jul/22/sports-rorts-inquiry-didnt-consider-whether-bridget-mckenzie-had-legal-authority
