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OK #auspol here's an update on #SportsGate

You may recall I did a thread the other day 👇about the $100 million in pre-election sports funding by then Sports Minister @senbmckenzie

Today's thread is about the funding Victoria got from that scheme
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Here's the list of VIC electorates & funding

Electoral boundaries have changed so average amount person is an estimate where possible.

@DanTehanWannon's electorate of Wannon got the most, $1,700,055, about $12.70 per person

4 seats got $0 (all Labor seats)
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#auspol
Rural seats fared best in @senbmckenzie's home state, $1,682,621 was ploughed into the seat of Indi, the independent seat that the govt desperately wanted to win but failed to win in May.

Formerly, @Indigocathy's seat, was won by @helenhainesindi
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The Labor seats of Calwell, Gorton, Holt & Lalor got $0 in sports funding

VIC Liberal seats secured, on average, about $300K MORE than VIC Labor seats.
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Interestingly, the Labor seat of Macnamara got $1,136,733

That was a bit weird, out-of-character & mighty generous for a Labor seat, so I delved a little deeper.

3 out of 4 grants that went to the seat of Macnamara actually went to Glen Eira Council
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So, I decided to see what was so special about Glen Eira Council

They got $106,000 & $213,675 in Round 1 & $476,558 in Round 3 = Total $796,233

It seems the Mayor of Glen Eira has a 'keen interest in sport' and some friends in Canberra
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#auspol
Urban seats certainly didn't fare as well as their rural counterparts, @billshortenmp's seat of Maribyrnong was the exception

Closer look at that seat revealed Equestrian VIC scored a cool half a mill in Round 3 for a sport only accessible by an elite few!
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You can check out all the Victorian Sports grants here👇

Again, it certainly looks to me like this scheme was used as pre-election pork-barreling at the Minister's discretion.

I'll check out NSW next & update #auspol when I'm done
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sportaus.gov.au/grants_and_fun…
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