One side of the Princes Highway at Figtree is affected by drought - but the other side isn't.
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At least that's the way the state government sees it.
In allocating funds under the Local Sport Grant Program, those electorates deemed drought-affected will get $85,000, while those that aren't get just $35,000.
Last year, all electorates got $50,000.
That has led to the bizarre situation where the Wollongong electorate, which is on the eastern side of the highway, is deemed not affected by drought, while the Keira electorate - literally on the other side of the road - is.
It's a classification that sees Wollongong sports groups lose access to thousands in funding.
Wollongong MP Paul Scully has branded the decision as a "great big sports rort".
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"If the government's got some facts that prove me wrong and says that various parts of [the city] on the opposite sides of the street in the Illawarra are being affected in vastly different ways by the drought, well, provide it to me," Mr Scully said.
"But I just don't think that sort of evidence exists.
"When you've got two different categorisations on the opposite sides of streets it just doesn't pass the pub test."
The Wollongong MP also claimed the government was saving money, saying the new funding breakdown meant the program had thousands of dollars less that the previous year.
"So they've had a net saving out of doing this and that is just a rip-off of sporting clubs," he said.
Acting Sports Minister Geoff Lee said the decisions about which areas were drought-affected came from the Department of Primary Industry's "Combined Drought Indicator".
"The Wollongong electorate is not classified as 'in drought' or 'intense drought' as per the Combined Drought Indicator," Mr Lee said.
"The classifications of electorates was made in July 2019 based upon the live drought map at the time, on the Department of Primary Industries website.'
Mr Lee claimed Labor was "trying to politicise" funding going to drought-affected areas.
"A lot of our farmers and their families are doing it extremely tough right now, and I make no apologies for being part of a NSW Government that is doing all it can to help those impacted by this drought," Mr Lee said.