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	Podcast:		The Signal
	Episode:		How $100m in sports grants backfired
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:15:14
	Publish Date:		2020-01-21 11:00:00
	Description:		The term 'sports scandal' might make you think of drug cheats or sex tapes. Not novelty cheques being handed over to bowling clubs in marginal electorates. But what started as a pretty ordinary sports grants program in the run up to last year's Federal Election is bringing a lot of heat to the Government. An Auditor-General's report out last week shows 70% of projects approved in the second round of the scheme in March 2019 were not recommended by Sport Australia. Now, there's a growing list of people angry with the Government over how it spent that $100m. So how much trouble is the Government in?
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