Australian PM faces pressure over interest rates; opposition questions sports funding decisions
Prime Minister told to take responsibility for rate rises as questions mount over health minister's role in sports precinct funding.
Australian opposition politicians are pressing the prime minister to take responsibility for interest rate rises, while separately raising questions about funding decisions involving the health minister's office. Tim Wilson said an ABC report reveals health minister Mark Butler's office asked an Adelaide council to seek $6 million in federal funding for a sports precinct upgrade before detailed costings or formal planning were completed.
Wilson alleged a "pattern of behaviour," comparing the incident to a previous grant the prime minister gave to a golf course in his electorate near his home, which he did not declare. Separately, politicians are debating how to discuss extremism and Islam without stigmatising Muslim communities.
Sources
- Australian politics live: Lambie says AI companies ‘like dinosaurs in Jurassic Park testing fences’; PM told to take responsibility for interest rate rises — The Guardian — World
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