Mark Kenny writes in the Brisbane Times (29.8.14) that Labor is accusing the Federal government of targetting government funds to marginal seats.
‘Hundreds of millions of dollars in the Abbott government’s Community Development Grants scheme have been tipped into projects in Coalition-held marginal seats in what Labor says is a return to the bad old days of electoral pork barrelling under the Howard government.’
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