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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee

Ex-LNP president oversaw transfer of $500,000 in Morrison government grant money to brother’s offset account, court hears

David Hutchinson at a press conference
Former Queensland LNP president David Hutchinson has been found to have breached his duties as director of Green Day Energy. The ‘green coal’ company had its bank account frozen 18 months after being awarded a $5.5m commonwealth grant. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Money from a federal government grant – awarded in the dying days of the Morrison government – was transferred into a mortgage offset account controlled by the brother of the former president of the Queensland Liberal National party, a court has heard.

Guardian Australia reported in October that Green Day Energy – a fledgling “green coal” company – had had its bank account frozen and become mired in legal action, 18 months after being awarded a $5.5m commonwealth grant.

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