Labor MP Sally Quinnell said she would deliver up to $75,000 to the Camden Musical Society, of which she was a “founding member” and was intimately involved with until mid-2022.
Camden Labor MP Sally Quinnell announced she would deliver up to $75,000 to a musical organisation of which she was one of the original members under the party’s controversial election fund.about Labor’s pre-election Local Small Commitments Allocation, a $37.2 million fund which gave MPs and candidates in all 93 electorates $400,000 to award to community projects in the lead-up to the March 25 poll.
But Quinnell’s profile on Labor’s website states she was “a founding member of the Camden Musical Society”, and the organisation’s website states she served as a committee member “in the early years” until June 14 last year.The premier’s office said Quinnell had declared her conflict of interest, which will be addressed by probity advisers as applications are assessed.
“Offering that amount of money to one group sounds wrong to me … especially knowing your personal connection to this group. Is this ethical?” Phyllis Foster asked. “There was a lack of transparency and a lack of a level playing field in terms of who was able to get the funding,” Bishop said, noting $75,000 would have gone a “long way” in helping his group find a band hall.Camden Musical Society acting president Kerrie Jiear said the group had been nominated to apply for grants worth up to $75,000, saying the costs of putting on productions meant the total funding amount would only cover one and a half shows. The society is yet to make its submission.
A spokeswoman for Premier Chris Minns said Quinnell had raised her conflict of interest ahead of the election, and the fund had been designed to prevent pork-barrelling and to ensure funding was evenly distributed across the electorates.“The NSW government has taken the extraordinary step to put every single project through a rigorous probity process, including by an expert independent assessment panel.
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