Question Time: John Barilaro and Duncan Taylor

question time: The project was proposed by Duncan Taylor, husband of the upper house Nationals MP Bronwyn Taylor, who at the time was parliamentary secretary to John Barilaro, the state Nationals leader and deputy premier, according to The Guardian. The funding of the CUCs has led to fiery exchanges in question time and has been the subject of a parliamentary demand for documents following reporting on the project by Guardian Australia. The 2016 analysis of the proposed Country Universities Centres has surfaced after a call for papers by the NSW Legislative Council. The latest documents show Barilaro pushed for the Country Universities project to be funded even though the 2016 analysis found the proposal to set up five study centres in country NSW would not deliver value for money for the taxpayer. The documents confirm that the grants 8m in 2017-18 and a further 8m in 2019 were made without tender following a direct approach by Duncan Taylor to Barilaro. Frydenberg defends decision to query if he had power to weaken grasslands protections Read more Bronwyn Taylor has said she played no role in securing the state funding for her husband's project. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.