Search

Home > 7am > How billions in government spending could be unlawful
Podcast: 7am
Episode:

How billions in government spending could be unlawful

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:10:54
Publish Date: 2020-02-23 17:00:00
Description:

In the past year, the government has directed nearly $5 billion to various schemes using a process lawyers say is likely unconstitutional. Karen Middleton on a system that avoids parliamentary scrutiny, and why one Liberal senator has become a leading critic of it.

Guest: Chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper Karen Middleton.

Background reading: 

Government spends ‘unlawful’ billions in The Saturday Paper 

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

For more information on today’s episode, visit 7ampodcast.com.au.

 

See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Total Play: 0