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Tess Ikonomou

Auditor-General finds Morrison government’s billion-dollar health and hospital grants ‘ineffective’

An audit found the handling of grant funds ineffective and short of ethical requirements. Photo: AAP

The federal health department’s management of grants worth $2 billion under the Morrison government has been slammed for “deliberate breaches” of legal requirements.

A scathing Auditor-General’s report released on Monday found the administration of the Community Health and Hospitals Program was “ineffective and fell short of ethical requirements”.

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