GRANT OFFER – NOTHING BUT A PAYNE

Federal Member for Macquarie, Susan Templeman MP has accused Senator Marise Payne of fobbing off calls to protect the gravesite of Sir Henry Parkes.

Ms Templeman was referring to Liberal Senator Marise Payne’s announcement on 15 November that she had ‘encouraged Blue Mountains City Council to apply for funding under the ‘Morrison Government’s Safer Communities Fund following the recent desecration of Sir Henry Parkes’ gravesite in Faulconbridge’.

“After seeing that Senator Payne had encouraged Council to apply, I looked again at the details assessment criteria for Round 5 of the program which we had distributed to constituents earlier this month,” Ms Templeman said.

“The devil is in the de