Labor’s Senate leader Penny Wong has led questioning at a Senate estimates hearing over a decision to spend $30m on a parcel of land near the Western Sydney airport worth just $3m. ‘I actually find it gobsmacking,’ Wong said about the inflated land valuation while questioning the head of Australia’s infrastructure department Simon Atkinson. ‘What is worse,’ Wong continued, ‘is that it appears people tried to cover it up when the audit office came asking questions.’ Atkinson replied: ‘Senator, I agree with you’
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