Show notes
In the past year, the government has directed nearly $5 billion to various schemes using a process lawyers say is likely unconstitutional. Karen Middleton on a system that avoids parliamentary scrutiny, and why one Liberal senator has become a leading critic of it.
Guest: Chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper Karen Middleton.
Background reading:
Government spends ‘unlawful’ billions in The Saturday Paper
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