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COVID-19 grants paid to 9,000 ineligible Victorian businesses

Richard Willingham · ABC News (AU)

Published 15 Oct 2026, 11:30 am·59 min ago·1 min read

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An IBAC investigation has found senior public officers failed to warn the minister that hundreds of millions of dollars in business support grants were being paid to ineligible businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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