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20 September 2024
A big blow: Shire CEO questions state’s take from blackspot funds

PETER Walsh, MP for Murray Plains, has criticised the state government for allegedly taking nine per cent of a $2 million federal blackspot grant earmarked for a road intersection project in Mansfield Shire.

In a press release last week, Mr Walsh said that despite not providing any state funding or managing the project, the state government took a portion of the federal funds under the guise of "in...

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