Northern Territory government denies media event to mark the first concrete pour was staged but Labor senator and MPs request auditor general to investigateThe federal Labor party has written to the auditor general requesting the funding of a Northern Territory hospital at the centre of an alleged government media stunt be examined.
The Palmerston hospital project,which has $110m in federal funding, came under scrutiny this week when the NT government was accused of staging a media stunt at the construction site. The health minister, or John Elferink,invited media to attend the first concrete pour last Friday, only for the gap to be filled in and covered up in the days following.
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Source: theguardian.com