Budget cuts to audit office 'reduce pressure' on govt agencies

Sally Whyte
Updated February 19 2021 - 5:06pm, first published 5:00pm
Auditor-General Grant Hehir has told a committee what will happen if his office's budget is cut. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Auditor-General Grant Hehir has told a committee what will happen if his office's budget is cut. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Budget cuts to the audit office would make it less able to follow up scandals like the Leppington Triangle land sale, the auditor-general has told a parliamentary committee.

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Sally Whyte

Sally Whyte

Federal Politics Reporter

I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.

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