PM concedes $6m golf grant wasn’t for sewers – what’s the real plan?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has admitted that the $6 million grant he announced for the Marrickville Golf Club was not intended for sewage works, after infrastructure officials clarified that the money was earmarked for the club itself.

The claim that the grant would fund sewage fixes was made by Albanese when he announced the funding, but bureaucrats pointed out that the grant was designed for the club's facilities, not for sewer infrastructure.

Albanese acknowledged that his description was wrong, and the correction has been recorded in the parliamentary record.

The grant remains earmarked for the Marrickville Golf Club, a modest stretch of sand and grass in the PM’s electorate, and will not be used to build a new underground network.

The fairway still looks green.