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 ...

The giant novelty cheque story appears to have inspired the the Liberal party's artsy side. Today at a news conference, Liberal MPs David McGuinty and Marcel Proulx announced the party is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...