Taxpayers charged millions to fund parties' war of ideas
Taxpayers are being charged millions of dollars to fund think tanks closely aligned to the major political parties.
Adam Gartrell is the National Political Correspondent for The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age
Taxpayers are being charged millions of dollars to fund think tanks closely aligned to the major political parties.
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