Audit Office slams 'lack of integrity' in NSW grant program

AUDIT: Former premier Gladys Berejiklian and other NSW ministers have been taken to task over how they allocated public money before the 2019 election. Picture: Marina Neil

Former premier Gladys Berejiklian, her deputy, John Barilaro, and other ministers made grant decisions which "lacked integrity", according to the NSW Auditor-General.

Margaret Crawford's report into the $252 million Stronger Communities Fund and $100 million Regional Cultural Fund was scathing of ministerial involvement in funding decisions and a lack of transparency.