Albanese is under fire over a grants program that benefited his local golf club. Were any rules broken?

Marrickville golf club. Anthony Albanese has not declared he is an honorary member. He said he had not known about the membership, which was bestowed in 2012, until the ABC reported the story this week. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Anthony Albanese is under fire after an invite-only grant program allocated millions to marginal Labor seats and his old local golf club.

The government claims it has broken no rules and delivered its election promises by the standard method but transparency advocates have said the system needs reform and have drawn comparisons to the notorious “sports rorts” affair.