A novelty cheque presented to Yankalilla Bowling Club by Liberal candidate for Mayo, Georgina Downer, has prompted an audit of the way funding is awarded. Commonwealth Auditor-General Grant Hehir ...

Today Ms Downer told news.com.au the cheque was taken “in great jest” and was never meant to be serious. The giant novelty cheque in question. Picture: Georgina Downer — Liberal for Mayo ...

No matter what happens in Australian politics, one truth will always remain self-evident: gigantic novelty cheques are absolute electoral poison. If you are for some reason required to hand out ...

Liberal candidate Georgina Downer has been defended by a cabinet minister after being criticised for handing out a novelty cheque for a taxpayer-funded grant. Trade Minister Simon Birmingham has ...

Ms Downer, Liberal candidate for the Fleurieu and Hills seat, said it was “clearly a novelty cheque, not a real cheque” for the Yankalilla Bowling Club, which was last week awarded a $127,373 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A giant novelty cheque handed to a local bowling club by Liberal candidate Georgina Downer has prompted the national auditor to ...

won $1 on a scratch ticket and drove all the way down to lottery headquarters and insisted on being paid out with a massive novelty cheque. Tyler Heep hit the $1 jackpot earlier this month and ...

When Mark Sutcliffe posed for the classic grip-and-grin picture with an oversized novelty cheque from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, it seemed no one actually checked the cheque.

Today Ms Downer told news.com.au the cheque was taken “in great jest” and was never meant to be serious. The giant novelty cheque in question. Picture: Georgina Downer — Liberal for Mayo ...