Bloody disgrace, the lot of them.The University of Sydney's Professor Anne Twomey goes even harder, telling the committee it is "inquiring into a very serious matter involving unlawful government spending of public money on a significant scale".
"Governments, like citizens, are obliged to obey the constitution and the law, and this is not happening.
"If Members of Parliament are concerned by the increasing disengagement of the public from the political system and the lack of respect for politicians, then this is a potent example of precisely what causes it."
It sounds like an existential threat of a different kind, and one in which politicians have self-interest and can control. If only they would.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-29/sports-grants-saga-questions-over-legality-constitutionality/12012038
