Investigative reporter, ABC Australia | Signal +61401363426, seanrdunlop@protonmail.com | Retweets ≠ endorsements. My tweets don't represent the ABC's views
Jul 9, 2019 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Chris Corrigan, chairman of agri-giant Webster Ltd, made a number of disingenuous claims on @RNBreakfast this morning in the response to our @4Corners story about the $41m it received from the taxpayer... #murraydarling#auspol
1) Corrigan claimed the money it received from the taxpayer is not a grant - the Commonwealth Govt calls it a grant...
Jul 9, 2019 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
For the record. @4Corners spent weeks gathering 1st-hand evidence from farmers in the Murrumbidgee who had concerns about how the #murraydarling grants scheme is operating... 1/5
We spoke to farmers & irrigators who have received the funding or been involved in its expenditure, scientists & economists who have gathered & analysed data on its effects, community leaders, former government officials and current and former Murrumbidgee Irrigation staff... 2/5
