Bureaucrats Swallowing Vulnerable Funds

Bureaucracy shouldn't be swallowing up funds meant for our most vulnerable communities. I recently questioned the NIAA at Senate Estimates on the ongoing failures of the Closing the Gap initiative. Case in point: out of a recent $40M grant for the Alice Springs Camp, roughly half was chewed up by administrative salaries rather than direct aid. When pushed for a genuine, independent external audit to see where the money is actually going, the NIAA pointed to internal reviews. ANAO does not conduct the deep financial audits required here. This is just the department monitoring itself. Worse still, when asked if basic welfare payments are enough to survive on in remote areas, the NIAA directed me to the Department of Social Services. How can we close the gap if the leading agency refuses to look at the actual baseline standard of living? A One Nation government will demand transparency and independent audits, ensuring that funding goes to people that need it - not middlemen. Transcript: https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/bureaucrats-swallowing-vulnerable-funds/