Thread by @BelindaJones68

Hey #auspol

I've been having a little squizz at the Safer Communities Fund, I wanted to see if that scheme has been pork-barreled too. I looked at 409 grants on GrantConnect

These 409 grants total $98,660,292 of taxpayer money
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#ScottyFromMarketing introduced this fund bcuz of community safety & perceived religious intolerance, it's designed to grant money to community orgs & places of worship

The Ruddock Report did NOT find any evidence of religious intolerance in Aust being a big problem.
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A recent report into antisemitism found a drop in physical attacks/abuse since 2013.

Yet, the govt is still spruiking fear & is prepared to commit millions for it on the eve of trying to get their Religious Discrimination Bill through Parl.
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sydney.edu.au/content/dam/co…

The electorate that was been awarded the most Safer Communities Fund grants was Wentworth, Turnbull's former seat now held by Liberal's Dave Sharma.

Wentworth has received $6,649,467.00, mainly going to Jewish organisations.

Many other seats got nothing.
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Some individual places of worship received more SCF funding than entire councils received from the govt's Drought Communities Fund

Is religious intolerance really a more pressing problem than the drought?

Example: these two places of worship got $1,485,000 each
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Most funding went to non-denominational organisations for community safety, each round has a different criteria with some focusing specifically on keeping kids safe from religious intolerance

A private security company even got a grant to upgrade their security! WTF?
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So, here's the funding breakdown by electorate, you be the judge if you think the scheme has been pork-barreled or not.

Here's the electorates in alphabetical order:

Adelaide to Canberra
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Canning to Fisher

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Flinders to Hume

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Hunter to Maribyrnong

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Mayo to Reid

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Richmond to Wright

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Here's the breakdown by denomination 1/4

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Here's the breakdown by denomination 2/4

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Here's the breakdown by denomination 3/4

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Here's the breakdown by denomination 4/4

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IMHO I think the Morrison Govt has pork-barreled the fuck out of this grant scheme too.

The Safer Communities Fund is the responsibility of Spud & Porter
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#auspol #CrimeMinister #crimeministers #ScottyFromMarketing

And finally, I think Morrison & Co are trying to make a mountain out of a molehill in terms of religious intolerance in Australia.

#CrimeMinisterMorrison is trying to buy the religious vote & support for his Religious Discrimination Bill with our taxpayer money
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Here's an article I wrote a while back for @independentaus about the Morrison Govt's pork-barreling of drought funding.

It seems the only thing #ScottyFromMarketing does well is pork-barrel!
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@independentaus Oops, here's the article

D'oh 🤦‍♀️
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independentaustralia.net/politics/polit…

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