NSW Labor accused of pork-barrelling after school P&C offered $20,000

NSW Labor has been accused of trying to buy votes in the inner Sydney seat of Balmain after a campaign manager offered a school P&C $20,000 from an internal campaign fund, claiming it was contingent on the party winning the election.

The revelations threaten to undermine a key election platform of NSW Labor leader Chris Minns, who has vowed to legislate a ban on pork-barrelling and “restore integrity” to government grants if he wins the election.reveal Ash offered a $20,000 grant from “Labor’s Local Community Grants program” to contribute to a school solar energy project.“The LCG grant money is, of course, contingent on Labor forming government in NSW in March ...

Asked on Tuesday about Ash’s claims of a Labor grants fund, a party spokesman said: “Labor is in opposition – there is no fund called Labor’s Local Community Grants program.”

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