{
  "id": 12545734,
  "title": "Marrickville Golf Club received closed non-competitive grants on five past occasions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/marrickville-golf-club-received-closed-non-competitive-grants-on-five",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T04:25:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-07/marrickville-golf-club-five-additional-grants/107237400"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Marrickville Golf Club received closed, non-competitive grant funding on five separate occasions prior to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's promise of $6 million at the 2025 federal election. The total amount awarded amounted to over $57,000. The funding was granted after local MPs nominated the club through these closed processes. Government inquiry into these grants is set to commence soon.",
  "summary": "Labor MPs nominated Marrickville Golf Club for closed, non-competitive grant funding on five previous occasions before it was promised $6 million at the 2025 election by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "This development suggests that the club had an inside track to securing government funds, raising questions about the fairness of the grant process and potentially putting the club at an advantage over others.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}