Thread by @BelindaJones68

I notice Philip Gaetjens' #sportsrorts report refers to a singular 'Adviser's spreadsheet' created in Sept 2018.

He claims McKenzie did not see this spreadsheet. Semantics.

He doesn't say whether she saw any of the other 27 versions of the colour-coded spreadsheet.

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#auspol

It is inconceivable that McKenzie was oblivious to one of her staff members creating 28 versions of a spreadsheet without her knowledge.

If she was oblivious to that fact it shows a high level of incompetence on her part and suggests her rogue staff are unsupervised.

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#auspol

Additionally, Gaetjens claims the spreadsheet was created "as a worksheet to support an increase in funding for the Program"

This suggests the 'worksheet' was presented to Expenditure Review Committee- the committee responsible for increasing funding for #sportsrorts
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So, who's on the Expenditure Review Committee responsible for the oversight & increases in funding for #sportsrorts?

@ScottMorrisonMP
@JoshFrydenberg
@M_McCormackMP
@MathiasCormann
@GregHuntMP

The funding was increased twice by this Committee.
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#auspol

This cohort are also the loudest voices defending the #sportsrorts program & Senator McKenzie.

That in itself indicates bias.

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Now, how did the colour-coded spreadsheet, (which McKenzie claims not to have seen) get from a lowly staffer in McKenzie's office to the Expenditure Review Committee?

Did the staffer present a version of the spreadsheet to the Committee herself?

Highly unlikely
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#auspol

So then, it must have been McKenzie who presented the spreadsheet to the Expenditure Review Committee.

If so, then she would've seen a version of the colour-coded spreadsheet, proving she lied to Gaetjens about not seeing the 'Adviser's spreadsheet'
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