![Foxtel was given $30 million over four years in this year's federal budget to promote underrepresented sports on television.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170719073015im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/a/j/3/d/image.related.wideLandscape.300x169.gxebax.png/1500448986120.jpg)
Foxtel's $30 million government handout questioned
Communications minister Mitch Fifield has come under renewed pressure to explain why Foxtel - and not a free-to-air network or public broadcaster - was given millions of dollars to boost coverage of women's and niche sports.