Peter Dutton slashed funding for community safety programs and gave money to a list of his own choosing an investigation by the 7:30 report uncovered.

The Home affairs department strongly recommended a list of grant approvals for community safety across the country and Minister Peter Dutton rewrote the list with his handpicked approvals.

The 7:30 report found that Peter Dutton had approved grants to two councils in marginal seats that his department recommended shouldn’t be funded at all.