Scott Morrison defends marginal seat spending saying MPs ‘know what their community needs’

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The prime minister, Scott Morrison, has defended spending taxpayer funds for projects in marginal seats – including those- saying MPs have more idea about community needs than “public servants sitting in Canberra”.

“Elected leaders, ministers, ultimately make decisions. We’re the ones accountable to the public. Not public servants. Not Sport Australia.”has found the Coalition has again made billions of dollars of commitments to marginal seat projects, promising about $3bn to its top 10 target seats. “I don’t buy into this narrative that’s put to us. Politicians, members of parliament, are part of their local community, they know what their community needs.”

When asked to respond to specific criticism of the government doing “too little, too late” during the bushfire and floods crises and the vaccine rollout, Morrison defended the government and said criticisms from the Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, were those of an “armchair critic”. “I mean, they’re places that cannot afford the sort of risk that comes with a Labor party and a leader that just is a bit loose on the economy. They will pay the price for that.

 

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I just hope voters in those marginal seats remember that all spending announced by Moronscum is Notional.

Pork barreling is corrupt and a federal ICAC would show that, no wonder Morrison didn’t want one before a federal election

This is what marginal seat communities need.

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This is colour coded claptrap! What nonsense! The AG identified LNP used taxpayer funds to feather their marginal nests. It’s not ok! This should not be the the standard that we accept from any gov - no matter their stripes! The PM lacks integrity VoteThemAllOut

What every political party has always done

They know what their donors need

That was how he rejected the damning Auditor General's Report. Morrison's a national disgrace:

If a Liberal electorate has certain needs you could bet the Labor electorates would need exactly the same things, like hospitals, schools, doctors, clean water, aged care facilities etc., not commuter car parks, outrageously expensive swimming pools, or revamped rifle ranges.

Probity a non issue. I hope the ICAC is going to be well resourced. They are going to be busy.

Tripe It is all about winning elections, not about need or priorities.

Why even bother with this? I mean publishing this served no purpose.

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