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Due diligence the government says it conducted before announcing a $443.8m grant to a not-for-profit group was actually conducted as part of an application for funding for a separate project, the Great Barrier ReefFoundation says.

The environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, says “extensive due diligence” took place before awarding the foundation almost half a billion dollars of taxpayer money.

On Monday, the government said this included the environment department seeking information in March from the foundation about its operations and structure prior to a meeting between Frydenberg, the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the foundation’s chair, John Schubert, on 9 April.

Due diligence the government says it conducted before announcing a $443.8m grant to a not-for-profit group was actually conducted as part of an application for funding for a separate project, the Great Barrier ReefFoundation says.

The environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, says “extensive due diligence” took place before awarding the foundation almost half a billion dollars of taxpayer money.

On Monday, the government said this included the environment department seeking information in March from the foundation about its operations and structure prior to a meeting between Frydenberg, the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the foundation’s chair, John Schubert, on 9 April.

Due diligence the government says it conducted before announcing a $443.8m grant to a not-for-profit group was actually conducted as part of an application for funding for a separate project, the Great Barrier ReefFoundation says.

The environment and energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, says “extensive due diligence” took place before awarding the foundation almost half a billion dollars of taxpayer money.

On Monday, the government said this included the environment department seeking information in March from the foundation about its operations and structure prior to a meeting between Frydenberg, the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and the foundation’s chair, John Schubert, on 9 April.