Sports rorts legal challenge dropped after tennis club given alternative funding
Beechworth Lawn Tennis Club pulls federal court challenge claiming Sport Australia ‘acted unlawfully’ in refusing grant
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The legality of the Morrison government’s $100m so-called sport rorts infrastructure program may never be tested in court because a tennis club that missed out on funding has dropped its challenge.
The Beechworth Lawn Tennis Club pulled its federal court case after winning half the funding for its project from the Victorian government, a $250,000 grant that put it at risk of a potential finding the case against Sport Australia no longer had practical utility.
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