The outgoing Victorian Ombudsman has taken a parting shot at the legacy of the Andrews government in an explosive report reflecting on her decade in the role.
The Andrews government's legacy has been savaged in a bombshell report released on Monday, with the outgoing Ombudsman taking a parting shot at the former premier.
"I had already begun an investigation into rehabilitation in prisons, and I thought this would be a government more interested in justice reform and supportive of my work. How wrong I was."Ms Glass was appointed Ombudsman in March 2014, several months before Daniel Andrews led Labor to the first of three election victories.
"The only direct conversation I had with premier Andrews in his entire premiership was on the morning of that press conference, when he rang to tell me and Robert Redlich that the government was accepting all our recommendations," Ms Glass said. "Nine years later, just after I tabled my report into the alleged politicisation of the public service, I learned what happened on that day, via a podcast interview with recently retired premier Andrews.In Reflections on 10 years Ms Glass reflects on a decade of work; the highlights and the challenges."On it, he described Andrew Tongue providing him 'frank and fearless' advice about the cost of axing the East-West Link. Both the public servant and the unbuilt road were axed.
"But whether the conflict was perceived or real, I have no doubt it affected my relationship with ministers, with the public, and with parliament itself."
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