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The Victorian parliamentary inquiry into fraud and corruption in local government began on Monday.

Council that dumped asbestos to ‘make CEO look good’ among worst examples of dysfunction

Tougher penalties for councils and their staff who breach governance rules should be introduced to protect the sector from corruption, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.

  • Adam Carey

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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.

Victorian ministers flouting transparency rules, and the premier is the worst offender

Premier Jacinta Allan is supposed to enforce her ministers’ disclosures of meetings with lobbyists. But her latest disclosures were submitted nearly three months late.

  • Daniella White
Former Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson.

‘Completely untrue’: Premier denies conspiracy to dump police chiefs

Dumped Victoria Police deputy commissioner Neil Paterson has accused Premier Jacinta Allan and Police Minister Anthony Carbines of corruption over his ousting.

  • Brittany Busch, Rachel Eddie and John Silvester
The Port of Hastings is close to Victoria’s world-class Gippsland offshore wind region.

Port of Hastings wind project referred to corruption body

The state opposition has referred to IBAC documents which detail secret Victorian and Commonwealth discussions about a proposed renewable energy hub.

  • Chip Le Grand
Surgeons in the operating room

IBAC probes claims sick patients languished as surgeons chased fees

In one case a woman who was critically unwell in the intensive care unit waited from 8.30am until late afternoon for surgery to treat a potentially deadly infection.

  • Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody
Three VBA staff have now been charged.

Dozens more charged over alleged bribes-for-registration scheme

Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged 28 more people, months after The Age revealed three VBA staff had been stood down after IBAC raids.

  • Lachlan Abbott
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Premier Jacinta Allan hopes to extend the state’s lobbying rules to local governments as soon as this year.

Integrity rules could include local government for the first time

Lobbying at the local government level is not regulated in Victoria, despite councillors often making decisions on multimillion-dollar projects. 

  • Broede Carmody and Rachael Dexter
IBAC is investigating claims that surgeons fraudulently billed the TAC.

‘Really disgusting’: Surgeons probed over ‘operating on multiple TAC patients at same time’

IBAC is investigating allegations surgeons at a major Melbourne hospital monopolised TAC patients and billed the insurer for operating on multiple patients at once.

  • Henrietta Cook, Broede Carmody and Carla Jaeger
Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson.

Road rage outside prestigious school snares top cop in corruption probe

Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson was involved in a verbal altercation with a Haileybury college parent when he got stuck in school pick-up traffic.

  • Chip Le Grand
Premier Jacinta Allan

Premier reveals new media monitoring service – her mum

Jacinta Allan told the Melbourne Press Club that she really wanted to be a journalist.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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