North Brisbane FC won grants from state, local and federal government for the same upgrade to its ovalSports grants: Brisbane football club given $150,000 for project that was already fundedThe North Brisbane football club received $150,000 through the controversial federal sports grants program despite already having won $138,000 from the Queensland government and a $110,000 grant from the Brisbane city council for the same field surface upgrade. Brisbane council gave North Brisbane FC $110,000 to upgrade the playing surface and install perimeter fencing at Prentice Park, Lutwyche in the 2018-19 round of its building stronger communities program. In January 2019 Football Queensland announced that North Brisbane FC had received $137,916 under the Queensland government’s Get Playing Places and Spaces initiative. The treasurer of North Brisbane FC, Greg Vitulano, told Football Queensland the grant was to get “the playing surface updated but we are also getting a perimeter fence around it”. Liberal MP Trevor Evans announcement of North Brisbane FC community sport infrastructure grant.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2020 16:30 UTC