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Great Barrier Reef $444m budget funding awarded to small foundation without tender process
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Under questioning in Senate Estimates, departmental officials revealed $444 million had been given to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation without it having to go through a tender process.
The funding is proposed to be given in one payment, which is the largest donation that any Australian Government has made to a single foundation for environmental projects.
Labor senator Kristina Keneally questioned why the funding wasn't allocated using a public grant process which was "competitive, open and transparent" so others, including the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), could apply.
Senator Keneally said the foundation has six full-time members, and five part-time members.
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