Morrison Government is king of the pork barrel

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A new analysis of 19,000 grants across 151 federal electorates by Fairfax shows that Liberal seats have received three times as much federal funding as Labor electorates.

Coalition-held seats around the country received more than $1.9 billion over three years while Labor electorates got just under $530 million.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.