# Officials say Albanese misdescribed golf club grant’s sewerage provisions

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/anthony-albanese-accused-of-misleading-parliament-over-details-of-6million-golf-club-upgrade-in-his-electorate/
- Published: 2026-10-26T09:09:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T09:23:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16238615/anthony-albanese-marrickville-golf-club-grant.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Officials say the grant did not cover sewerage works.
- Albanese had described sewerage repairs as part of the funding.
- Senators questioned the grant’s value after NSW funded related work.

## Summary

Infrastructure Department officials told a Senate hearing that a $6.05 million federal grant to upgrade Marrickville Golf Club did not cover sewerage works, contradicting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s description of the funding to Parliament. The discrepancy has prompted opposition senators to call for him to correct the record and question whether the grant still represented value for taxpayers.

Albanese said in Parliament in September that the grant included funding to fix sewerage flowing into the Cooks River during floods. Officials said sewerage was not in the grant agreement; the government said the original plan changed after New South Wales funded sewerage-related work in September 2025. The hearing also heard that the federal department had not sought clarification from the infrastructure minister’s office about the difference between sewerage and stormwater works.

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