Michael Pascoe: $4.5 billion says stop political mates funding Big Sport

The AFL broadcast rights deal speaks volumes about the need for Big Sport to stand alone, Michael Pascoe writes. Photo: TND

There is an unease abroad about the Morrison government gifting $18 million to the Governor-General’s pet charity before said charity seemed to be anything more than an idea, leading to a suspicion of “who you know” being what you need to grab millions of taxpayers’ dollars.

Such is the unease that four parliamentarians have moved to disallow the grant to the Governor-General’s Australian Future Leaders Foundation.