‘Shrouded in secrecy’: Australian Open bailout package criticised

State opposition MP Sam Groth says the bail9out payment issued to Tennis Australia is another example of a Labor government “shrouded in secrecy”.

It emerged on Monday that $63 million was issued to the organisers of the Australian Open, to held recoup extra costs as a result of hosting multiple Grand Slam tournaments during the COVID years.

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“63 million dollars for an event that is commercially viable like the Australian Open and (the bail out) was only found out by a bunch of documents released by FOIs (freedom of information),” he told Jacqui Felgate on 3AW Drive.

“It’s just another case for the Allan Labor government shrouded in secrecy.”

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