Five Hunter and Central Coast Labor seats shared $1.76 million while two Coalition seats shared $2.1 million

By Joanne McCarthy
January 21 2020 - 5:30am
Questions: Former Coalition Government sports minister Senator Bridget McKenzie in federal parliament. Hunter and Central Coast Labor MPs say she should be sacked over her handling of the sports rort scandal. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong.
Questions: Former Coalition Government sports minister Senator Bridget McKenzie in federal parliament. Hunter and Central Coast Labor MPs say she should be sacked over her handling of the sports rort scandal. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong.

OUTRAGED Hunter and Central Coast federal MPs are demanding the sacking of former sports minister Bridget McKenzie over a sports funding scandal that poured more than $2 million dollars into the regions' two Coalition seats but left Labor-held seats like Paterson with just $167,000.

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