‘Medirorts’: $2bn health grants program involved deliberate legal breaches by bureaucrats
Most grant recipients under the program were chosen without appropriate justification, an audit concluded.
The federal Department of Health and Aged Care “deliberately breached” legal obligations and “fell short of ethical requirements” when administrating a $2 billion grant program, an audit has concluded.
The Community Health and Hospitals Program (CHHP) involved grants ranging from $50,000 to $150 million for services like drug and alcohol clinics, Headspace initiatives and GP outreach services for homeless patients.
