September 2024
Fire service chiefs’ email hacked to help union boss, inquiry finds
Union boss Peter Marshall asked staff at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade to gather sensitive information, a report by Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog has found.
August 2024
Dead email address for CFMEU evidence a ‘technical issue’, Allan says
The Victorian premier has defended Labor’s investigation into illegal activity in the construction industry against claims it is a “smokescreen”.
March 2024
High Court win for corruption bodies comes with a warning
Victoria’s anti-corruption body dodged a bullet on Wednesday after a High Court ruling cleared the way for it to complete a stalled investigation.
December 2023
Daniel Andrews has a ‘twisted’ view of authority
Former Victorian integrity watchdog boss Robert Redlich says the electoral mandate never gave ex-premier Daniel Andrews ‘unlimited authority’.
Something is rotten in the state of Victoria
Findings of a culture of fear, timidity and secrecy within the Victorian public service point to a deep cancer that must be frankly addressed by ministers.
October 2023
Former VicTrack boss breached code of conduct: auditor-general
The former head of Victoria’s rail agency, Campbell Rose, suggested that a government joint venture should give him an equity stake.
Virtual Labor-CFMEU partnership shows up on Victoria’s bottom line
Victorians deserve better than to be governed by a ruthless political machine in partnership with a renegade union at great cost to the state’s public finances.
August 2023
Victoria’s definition of ‘corruption’ fails the pub test: ex watchdog
Former IBAC head Robert Redlich says misconduct uncovered by an inquiry he ran should amount to corruption, and the rise of political advisers in Victoria is not serving the public interest.
July 2023
Vic corruption commission too constrained, ex chief warns
Former IBAC chief Robert Redlich says Victoria’s corruption watchdog’s scope of powers must be expanded so that it can properly investigate grey corruption.
Andrews uses corruption probe to push for planning powers
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed that the government intends to seize greater control of local planning decisions.
An Ablett, the premier, Flower Drum: Inside the Vic corruption probe
The 309-page report into the anti-corruption probe known as Operation Sandon has been more than five years in the making.
Daniel Andrews dragged into IBAC probe
A month after Matthew Guy shared his infamous “lobster with a mobster”, Daniel Andrews was enjoying Chinese dumplings with an allegedly dodgy property developer.
Victoria must wake up from Stockholm syndrome
All Australian taxpayers should be concerned about the nepotism, financial recklessness and disregard for good government in the state.
June 2023
NSW’s tough ICAC law would stifle Victoria’s unethical behaviour
Adverse findings against NSW former premier Gladys Berejiklian are an example of the sort of “grey corruption” that can’t be investigated in Victoria.
Berejiklian’s wilful ignorance of the personal and political
An otherwise highly capable premier, who led both NSW and Australia out of pandemic lockdowns, has fallen to an all-too-human lapse of judgment.
April 2023
Andrews ‘washing his hands’ of Indigenous firms scandal: Mundine
Warren Mundine has blasted the Victorian government for failing to stop the “insanity” of the CFMEU’s alleged coercion of Indigenous businesses on state projects.
‘Ineffective’ anti-corruption rules should be reviewed: former judge
Former senior judge Stephen Charles, KC, identifies seven major deficiencies with the legislation for Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission.
Corruption experts condemn Andrews over IBAC report
Former judge Anthony Whealy has ridiculed Daniel Andrews’ claim that a report into a union contract was “educational”.
Labor leaders should heed Victoria’s ‘grey corruption’ warning
Labor leaders across the mainland would be unwise to ignore warnings the public sector is vulnerable to ‘grey’ corruption.
Andrews says ‘educational’ IBAC report found no corruption
Daniel Andrews has downplayed an IBAC report which found his government pressured health department staff to award a $1.2 million contract to a health union.