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The ex-husband of a former owner of a Canberra lobbying firm has used parliamentary privilege to make explosive claims about former Liberal minister Stuart Robert's dealings with the firm. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-2... Anthony Daly, who was also an employee of Synergy 360, provided a sworn statement to the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, alleging the firm proposed to secretly funnel money to the then-Coalition cabinet minister through a separate entity. Mr Daly also used parliamentary privilege to detail a conversation he had with another former co-owner of the firm, David Milo, who told him the former cabinet minister directed Centrelink and National Disability Insurance Agency leases towards properties owned by John Margerison's companies, who controlled Synergy, and was one of Mr Robert's key political fundraisers. ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia