Hopes that an overhaul of NSW grants processes to see ‘pork-barrelling cleaned up’

Centre for Public Integrity’s Anthony Whealy and crossbenchers want reforms enacted in the coming months

Reforms to reduce the use of grants for pork-barrelling need to be enacted before next March’s state election if the New South Wales government wants to protect its credibility, crossbenchers and a former supreme court judge have said.

A chorus of crossbenchers have demanded the premier, Dominic Perrottet, introduce legislation in coming months based on the grants-reform recommendations handed to the government at the weekend.

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