Pork barrelling must end – Senator Waters speaks on the latest damning ANAO report
Throughout the JSCEM inquiry into the 2022 election, we’ve heard about the advantages that incumbents have over new candidates. The opportunity to use public funds as sweeteners in the lead up to an election is just one of those advantages and it will continue to tip the playing field in favour of the government until pork barrelling is prevented.
We’ve had nearly a decade of this kind of behaviour and the community is sick of it. The Albanese government needs to make a clear commitment not to follow the same path.