John Barilaro: NSW government hands report into office’s intervention in bushfire grants to Icac

Auditor general's scathing findings provided to watchdog for their information' after Labor threat

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The New South Wales government has handed a scathing auditor general's report into the $100m black summer bushfire recovery grants to the state's corruption watchdog, amid calls for John Barilaro to explain his office's involvement in the scheme.

A spokesperson for the premier, Dominic Perrottet, said the report had been passed to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) for their information" after the opposition leader, Chris Minns, issued an ultimatum for Barilaro to offer an explanation.

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