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Friday 23 October 2026

NACC chief 'piqued' by Labor grants that gave golf club $6m

Acting NACC chief Kylie Kilgour says Labor's $570.5m invite-only grants scheme, which gave $6m to a golf club in the PM's seat, has piqued her interest.

Bel McRae Friday 23 October 2026, open calendar5 min read

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The acting head of Australia's National Anti-Corruption Commission says a number of things about Labor's invite-only election grants program have "piqued" her interest. Acting commissioner Kylie Kilgour told a Senate inquiry on Thursday that it was "impossible" to say yet whether corrupt conduct had happened. But she didn't wave the scheme through either, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

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Bel McRae Friday 23 October 2026 at 8:13 pm Adelaide, open calendar5 min read

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