![]() “Dickson must have a very good local member,” Morrison said. When asked about the amount of discretionary grant funding that the Nine analysis found went to Peter Dutton’s seat of Dickson in Queensland – $43.6m compared to the $900,000 that went to the nearby Labor-held seat of Lilley – Morrison dismissed the criticism. ![]() “When we make a commitment we keep it, that’s what we do as a government.” ![]() “Others may want to criticise us for the support we’ve given to drought- and flood-affected communities, but when I make a commitment I carry it through,” Morrison said. He also said the “predictively selective analysis” had looked at just 11 programs out of 1700 administered by the commonwealth. Campaigning in Queensland in the marginal seat of Ryan, prime minister Scott Morrison defended the government against allegations of pork-barrelling, saying a large proportion of the grants had gone to electorates affected by drought.
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