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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Jordyn Beazley

Constitutional expert accuses Anthony Albanese of ‘grey corruption’ over golf club grant

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Marrickville Golf Club in Anthony Albanese’s electorate received $6m for a series of upgrades. Photograph: Morgan Reinwald/AAP

A leading constitutional expert has accused Anthony Albanese of indulging in “grey corruption” over a $6m grant gifted to a golf club in his electorate, and called the scheme under which it was awarded a “farce”.

Anne Twomey, a University of Sydney professor emerita, submitted the scathing assessment to a Senate inquiry into an opaque $560m invitation-only grants scheme used to fund projects Labor promised at the 2025 election, and which largely went to Labor-held seats.

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