It took us two months to comb through more than 19,000 successful grants to work out where $2.8 billion of taxpayers’ money has been spent | katinacurtis swrighteconomy
. It took us two months to comb through more than 19,000 successful grants to work out where $2.8 billion of taxpayers’ money has been spent.handed out since the start of 2018; it revealed a rich source of publicly available data on the GrantConnect website. But nobody had analysed it on an electorate-by-electorate basis.
The projects that received money under these 11 schemes make up 19 per cent of every government grant given out.because the money for them was distributed using a different method. Focusing on these 11 programs whittled the list down from the 108,000 identified by the Auditor-General to 19,123 grants. The analysis covers money given out in 2018-19 , 2019-20 and 2020-21 and amounts to almost $2.8 billion.The next step was to work out into which electorate each grant went. The publicly available information lists a recipient town, suburb, postcode and, in some cases, a delivery postcode.
Once all this was done, it quickly became apparent these grants were flowing in particular directions. Community Development Grants: The government identifies projects and invites applicants to submit paperwork. There is no minimum or maximum grant amount. Was subject toCommunities Environment Program: Grants between $2500 and $20,000 for community-led environment projects. Each electorate gets $150,000 and the local MP identifies projects and invites applicants.
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