Sydney Council to Repay $36 Million in ‘Egregious Pork-Barrelling’

Published on June 11, 2024

Hornsby Shire Council, in Sydney’s north, is to be forced to repay most of the $40 million grant it received to build a park that never happened. The money came from the former Coalition government’s Stronger Communities fund, which was established in 2017 to support councils that were forced to merge. But the council never amalgamated and the NSW Labor government has ordered the council to repay $36 million in unspent funds. “There have been significant delays in the delivery of the project and limited progress has been demonstrated, with most of the grant money yet to be spent,” it said in a statement....

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