@justicematters.au: Anthony Albanese is facing scrutiny over a $6.05 million taxpayer-funded grant to Marrickville Golf Club, located in his electorate of Grayndler. Albanese says he was unaware he had been made an honorary member of the club and has stressed that he wasn’t the person who formally approved the grant. However, his association with the club goes back decades, and in 2019 he publicly acknowledged his connection while campaigning to protect the golf course. The controversy has intensified because the club approached Albanese’s electorate office seeking funding, and Marrickville was the only golf club invited into Labor’s $560 million infrastructure grants program. The program has also faced criticism because around three-quarters of the funding went to seats notionally held by Labor. Overview: Albanese denies wrongdoing and says he wasn’t the decision-maker, but the $6 million grant, his longstanding association with the club and the way the funding program operated continue to raise questions about transparency and the use of taxpayer money. #anthonyalbanese #Justice #justicematters #endcorruption

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Friday 02 October 2026 06:00:00 GMT