Publicly available documents have revealed the Australian government awarded a church in Sydney's south, which Scott Morrison attends, a massive chunk of change.
The Pentecostal megachurch known as the Horizon Church, or Shirelive, was given $110,000 of taxpayer funded money under a grant scheme.
The Department of Home Affairs grant is called the Safer Communities Fund, and aims to help different parts of the community deal with different issues.
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It was given to the Prime Minister's church, which has a massive auditorium that can seat around a thousand people, for a security upgrade.
The public documents state: "A grant has been awarded to boost the efforts of schools and pre-schools, community organisations and local councils to address crime and anti-social behaviour by funding crime prevention initiatives that benefit the wider community.
"The expected outcome of the project is to protect children who are at risk of attack, harassment or violence stemming from racial or religious intolerance.
"The grant is expected to fund the installation of 18 fixed security cameras, 13 security lights, video intercoms to three designated areas, two security and alarm systems and the employment of a security guard at the Horizon Church."
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The money will be given to the church between November 14 until September 7 2021.
As part of the application for the grant, a person or body has to provide evidence of how the money will help protect children at various places and in the wider community.
The specific wording asks what 'extent that your project will protect schools and pre-schools, places of religious worship, community organisations and local councils that may be facing security risks associated with racial and/or religious intolerance'.
While it's important to make sure that children are safe, regardless of their religion, the revelation of the money exchange has raised a lot of eyebrows.
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The news comes at a particularly bad time for the Prime Minister, whose whereabouts remains a mystery, as he's been accused of not giving more federal funding to firefighters as they battle bushfires.
While the government did announce $11 million to help the aerial firefighting effort, many have asked why there are fire brigades that are crowdfunding for face masks.
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