Thread by @vogrady2132

Rorts thread. There is an infuriating assumption by journalists that when rorts are mentioned the default position is to say "They all do it" Having Analysed $4.3 billion of Grants in 10 Schemes thevogfiles.com/rorts-central.… under the Coalition Since 2013, I have this said to me a lot.

So lets get a few facts right. It is impossible presently to get the historic data of ALP grants programs before 2008 on line. The same is true of Howards government which goes back to 1996. The only way to get that information is for the government to publish it.

Even if they published it, you couldn't compare like with like because the grants rules and guidelines presently published were introduced by finance Minister Lindsay Tanner in the first Rudd Ministry. Before that it was the law of the jungle. HOWEVER in response to the claim

"They all do it." I actually looked at what Schemes the ALP had done whilst in Government. One of them was the Rural Development Assistance fund RDAF) details of which are on the Department of infrastructure Website. I downloaded the data and analysed it. here is the result.

As you can see both from the table and the graph. The value of the fund was $575 million in four Rounds. It was administered under the grants rules and guidelines and so is a suitable scheme to compare with the $4.3 Coalition Schemes.

52.12% going to the ALP electorates is hardly Pork Barelling!

I would also like to comment on the Amount of money that is allocated to Grants. For labor governments that can bee seen under their budget papers. The Same for coalition. But the grants actually awarded under the 2013-2021 Coalition government is far higher than those awarded by

the ALP in their terms of government. Since 2018 for examples the Coalition have awarded 121,275 grants for a value of $73.5 Billion. (data sourced today at GrantConnect)

All of the Analyses of the $4.3 million in 10 Grant schemes that have been analysed are on my website at thevogfiles.com/rorts-central.… All of the spreadsheets are available for download. All of the Methodology of analysis is explained.

@CatherineKingMP Thought you might like to read this "They all do it " thread. Conclusively proves you didn't "do it"

AND after i had done $3 Billion of analysis I aggregated it by party. As you can see it tells a story. (from a powerpoint presentation available on thevogfiles.com in the members area. free to join)