OPINION: Ministers have said no rules were broken in the sports rorts affair. Here's why they're wrong
r that Bridget McKenzie had ministerial discretion to make the grants and that she was only exercising normal ministerial powers. They also keep saying that no rules were broken.
So to what extent do ministers have discretion and what are the limits on it? Ministers have discretion in directing their departments, but do not have the same ministerial discretion in directing corporate entities such as Sport Australia. Perhaps somehow she was not informed that she had only limited legal powers in relation to the Sport Australia, despite it pointing this out.
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