Letter to the Prime Minister dated 20 Jan 2023   Letter to the Chair of the Productivity Commission dated 20 Sept 2023   Defined Terms and Documents   Discussion Paper   Annexure B   Annexure C   Annexure D   Annexure E   Annexure F   Annexure G  

Annexure I  -  Pork-barrelling

 55.a The holy grail for pork-barrelling is surely transport projects - The Grattan Institute - Marion Terrill, TRANSPORT AND CITIES PROGRAM DIRECTOR - 21 March 202256.      
 56.   There’s every reason politicians’ pork-barrelling should be made illegal - The Age -  5 July 2021

 57.  ‘It could never have been built’: Labor pinpoints holes in the pork barrel   Tom Cowie  -  SMH - July 3, 2021

130. A ‘cancer on our democracy’: How to fix Australia’s pork-barrelling crisis - SMH  -  Jessica Irvine  April 26, 2022

143. Bridget McKenzie's sport grant cash splash is a particularly brazen example of pork-barrelling - ABC News - 16 Jan 2020

144. Bridget McKenzie facing calls to quit after auditors condemn 'biased' sports cash splash  - ABC News -  16 Jan 2020

145. $100m sport grant scheme 'illegal' according to former senior government lawyer – ABC News - 22 Nov 2019

146. Pork-barrelling is unfair and wasteful. Here’s a plan to end it  Grattan Institute : Aug 22, 2022

148. The long history of political corruption in NSW — and the downfall of MPs, ministers and premiers - ABC News - 15 Oct 2020

149. Billion dollar blowouts in major projects predictable - and avoidable - Grattan Institute  Marion Terrill  August 11, 2021

154. ICAC finds pork barrelling could be corrupt, recommends grant funding guidelines be subject to statutory regulation.

155. Costs blow out on Coalition parking projects funded without full scoping - SMH - Farrah Tomazin  July 1, 2021

156. New politics Preventing pork-barrelling - Grattan institute - Aug 2022 - Danielle Wood, Kate Griffiths, and Anika Stobart

160. Pork barrelling can constitute corrupt conduct and could lead to criminal charges, ICAC says – The Guardian - Anne Davies  1 Aug 2022

163. A battle to provide suburban railway station car parks has left taxpayers with a $660 million bill and precious little extra parking - SMH - Shane Wright - 3 July 2021

164. Factsheet: Pork Barrelling -  The Institute of Internal Auditors - Australia - 2018

165. $252 million fund designed to win seats and punish councils, inquiry finds - SMH  -  Angus Thompson - 30 March 2021

166. Multibillion-dollar federal fund didn’t award money on merit, audit finds - The Age - Tina Jacks - 28 June 2021

167. What is the Bridget McKenzie scandal about?  Bridget McKenzie might have to quit federal cabinet and her deputy leadership of the Nationals over her handling of a sports grants program.

168. The Regulation of Pork Barrelling in Australia - Susanna Connolly - BA/LLB (Hons), TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland

169. Car park scheme signed off without any promise of extra spaces – SMH - Shane Wright - July 4, 2021

198. Coalition seats big winners from state's council grants scheme - SMH - Matt O'Sullivan  -  4 Sept 2020

199. REPORT ON INVESTIGATION INTO PORK BARRELLING IN NSW - ICAC REPORT AUGUST 2022