Daniel Andrews adopted a ‘nothing to see here’ approach to new controversy, but experts say reform is needed over ‘grey corruption’
For a leader who has weathered enough political controversies to earn the nickname, it’s not surprising that Daniel Andrews has attempted to downplay an anti-corruption watchdog report into his government’s actions.
“There are no findings against anyone in this report. It is an educational report,” Andrews repeatedly told a press conference on Wednesday.The matters investigated by Ibac were “some years ago” and involved staff who no longer work for the government, as well as two ministers who no longer sit in parliament. He “was not involved” and “was not aware” of the contract or how it came about.
“It says, ‘OK, this is what happened some years ago – here’s a bunch of different things we can do, that the government should look to do to make sure that we have even better frameworks in the future.’”
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