"At 12.45pm, the Prime Minister's office emailed Senator McKenzie's office to ask that a $500,000 grant in the seat of Kennedy - held by renegade independent MP Bob Katter - be dropped and the same amount instead be given to the..
Senator McKenzie's office resisted, claiming the Kennedy project was "a very important one for the region" and the sport minister was due to visit the seat...
"The sport minister's office relented after the Prime Minister's office pointed out the project had already received $3 million in funding..."
Sure the PMO wasn't calling the shots.
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