Governor general planned to tell Queen about controversial charity awarded $18m grant under Coalition

Documents reveal new details about David Hurley's support for the Australian Future Leaders Foundation, which won funding under Scott Morrison's government

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New documents detail the governor general's support for a controversial charity that won an $18m federal government grant - including that he planned to tell the late Queen about it.

The former prime minister Scott Morrison announced funds for the Australian Future Leaders Foundation in the March 2022 budget, after governor general David Hurley first raised the charity with him in 2020.

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