A senior Tasmanian government MP is at the centre of fresh questions about a perceived conflict of interest after a community project he and his family are involved with won $1 million in taxpayer funding following recent state and federal elections.
New information shows Tasmanian Speaker Mark Shelton met with the Meander Valley Council and personally received their request for state government assistance shortly before the government awarded $400,000 in taxpayer funding to the project to build a new hall in Bracknell, outside of Launceston.
