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Much has been reported about the concerns of the AFL surrounding the impact of hosting the World Cup during their season. The Herald Sun reports on another aspect of the bid that is equally worrying to all taxpayers: Government lobby groups.
The lobby group, Hawker Britton, which boasts a former state Labor minister, has been engaged by the FFA to lobby the state governments.
According to the Herald Sun, Hawker Britton is a major donor to the Rudd Government, to the tune of $177,000.
So, we have the highly unpalatable scenario of a lobbyist being a major donor to the Government; the taxpayer funding the FFA up to $100 million for the purposes of the bid (with no strings attached, no accountability, no transparency); millions of dollars of taxpayer money finding its way back to that same lobbyist, who in turn is going to use it to lobby state governments and convince those very same taxpayers of the virtues of the world cup!
If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that is just one very small step away from depriving the taxpayer and being a sham designed to line the pockets of a specific football code.
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