Cash-strapped Netball Australia has been warned nearly $18m in funding will soon be reallocated to other sports amid concerns it will not be appropriately spent.
The federal government sounded the alarm on the future of a Morrison-era pledge to invest $30m in the sport after the organisation failed to provide a satisfactory business case.
Of the $30m committed by the former government, $12.175m has already been handed out and was spent on digital initiatives, the bid for the 2027 World Cup and other programs.
But the remaining funds, about $17.83m, that had been set aside were left in limbo after the embattled organisation provided an underwhelming pitch to the Albanese government.
“On the matter of remaining uncontracted funds that had been set aside for Netball Australia, those funds had always been subject to the receipt of a suffici...
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