Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:09): Let me firstly completely reject that final assertion. The Prime Minister did nothing of the sort. As Sport Australia said quite explicitly to the Senate select committee inquiring into the highly successful and popular sports grants program, the brief approving the third round of projects was dated 4 April 2019. The caretaker period associated with the 2019 election did not, of course, start until Thursday 11 April. In accordance with the conventions, decisions taken before a caretaker period can be announced during a caretaker period. The PRESIDENT: Senator Chisholm, a supplementary question?
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