Environment Department boss Finn Pratt asks for reef grant audit
The Environment Department secretary has written to the Auditor-General asking him to bring forward an audit of the grant due to increased public attention.
Australia’s top environment bureaucrat wants an official investigation into the decision to grant $444 million to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Environment Department secretary Finn Pratt has written to the Auditor-General asking him to bring forward a proposed audit of the grant due to increased public and media attention.
“I consider such an audit has become a priority and ask that you consider approving it going ahead and starting as soon as practicable,” Mr Pratt wrote on Monday.
AAP
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