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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.The Victorian premier has defended Labor’s investigation into illegal activity in the construction industry against claims it is a “smokescreen”.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.
The 309-page report into the anti-corruption probe known as Operation Sandon has been more than five years in the making.A month after Matthew Guy shared his infamous “lobster with a mobster”, Daniel Andrews was enjoying Chinese dumplings with an allegedly dodgy property developer.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.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.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.
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