In late 2022, staff at national labour hire firm Zancott, a company which has provided workers to the National Broadband Network rollout, Melbourne’s Westgate Tunnel project, and a major defence force base upgrade, noticed some new faces in the office.
They were duly introduced to a dour-looking man called Frank and his ultra-fit companion Kayne Pettifer, the latter recognisable for the AFL fans in the Zancott office because he had played 113 games for Richmond.
Nick McKenzieInvestigative reporterNick McKenzie is an Age investigative journalist who has twice been named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. A winner of 16 Walkley Awards, including the Gold Walkley, he investigates politics, business, foreign affairs and criminal justice. Email Nick at nickmckenzie@protonmail.com
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