BREAKING: Anthony Albanese has been forced to admit he misled Parliament over $6m taxpayer gift to his local golf club. In September he stood in the House and claimed the Marrickville Golf Club grant was to fix a sewerage crisis, raw sewage flooding into the Cooks River every time it rains. “That is what the funding is for,” he said. Today he was dragged back and finally confessed the truth: “Not correct, it was not correct.” Department officials had already blown it up in Senate Estimates. Sewerage works were “not in the scope of the grant.” Full stop. When Dan Tehan moved to force him to own the lie, Labor’s numbers blocked it 87–44. Then, under repeated questions, Albanese tried the classic dodge: “During election campaigns, people make commitments.” Translation: I said whatever it took to get the money out the door to a mates’ club, and now the NSW Government is cleaning up the mess I invented. Peta Credlin called it exactly what it is “grey corruption” Invite only, shoulder tapped by Labor MPs, no open process, taxpayers ripped off. Misleading the House of Representatives over millions of your dollars. And Labor voted to protect him. This is the tip of the iceberg. How long before he stands down?