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September 9th, 2026

‘A good local member’: PM defends campaign grant funds

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September 9th, 2026

Albanese defends $6 million Marrickville Golf Club grant amid ‘pork-barrelling’ claims

A report has found Labor-held seats received almost three-quarters of a $560 million grant program, including $6 million for a golf club in Anthony Albanese’s own electorate, where he holds honorary membership.

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Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Scottie Scheffler	-16	F	4
2	Viktor Hovland	-13	F	4
3	Ryan Gerard	-12	F	4
T4	Ludvig Åberg	-11	F	4
T4	Jacob Bridgeman	-11	F	4
T4	Alex Fitzpatrick	-11	F	4
T4	Chris Gotterup	-11	F	4
T4	Russell Henley	-11	F	4
T4	Min Woo Lee	-11	F	4
T4	Rory McIlroy	-11	F	4
T11	Tommy Fleetwood	-10	F	4
T11	Adam Scott	-10	F	4
T11	Cam Young	-10	F	4
T14	S.W. Kim	-9	F	4
T14	Tom Kim	-9	F	4
T14	Collin Morikawa	-9	F	4
T14	Xander Schauffele	-9	F	4
T18	Akshay Bhatia	-7	F	4
T18	Sam Burns	-7	F	4
T18	Justin Rose	-7	F	4
T21	Patrick Cantlay	-5	F	4
T21	Wyndham Clark	-5	F	4
T21	Matt Fitzpatrick	-5	F	4
T21	Hideki Matsuyama	-5	F	4
25	Kristoffer Reitan	-3	F	4
26	Ryan Fox	-2	F	4
27	Alex Smalley	-1	F	4
28	Robert MacIntyre	E	F	4
29	Gary Woodland	+2	F	4
WD	J.J. Spaun	-	-

Political development

‘A good local member’: PM defends campaign grant funds

Albanese defends $6 million Marrickville Golf Club grant amid ‘pork-barrelling’ claims

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