Lodge renovations audit to consider political interventions in contracts

By Tom McIlroy
Updated February 10 2016 - 9:08am, first published 8:50am
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and wife Lucy at the newly renovated Lodge.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and wife Lucy at the newly renovated Lodge.

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and senior bureaucrats say renovations at the Prime Minister's official Canberra residence were successful, despite a $12 million price tag and 42 variations to the main contract.