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‘Crocodile tears’: Allan’s Big Build corruption apology slammed
Premier Jacinta Allan has been referred to Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog over allegations her office directed builders to cut a deal with the CFMEU and a labour hire company being investigated by state police.
Allan on Monday apologised for widespread corruption within her government’s $100 billion Big Build program but resisted calls for a royal commission despite growing pressure, including from within the ruling Labor Party.
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Premier’s apology over the Big Build doesn’t cut it
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Time to go, premierReading Premier Jacinta Allan’s letter of contrition in The Age (3/7) apropos what happened on the Big Build and how to ensure it never happens again, one is immediately struck that this was the Clayton’s apology you give when you are not really giving one at all.Instead it became a panegyric – a chance to list her government achievements. To avoid direct questions on the Big Build costs she tried to use global events such as inflation to smooth over the extraordinary high costs of these projects. Finally as a sort of incidental, came the admission that some malfeasance took place on the building sites and rounded off with the usual “how shocking and unacceptable” this was.Nowhere is mentioned the part her government and, in particular she as the minister directly responsible, played. Sorry, premier. This sleight of hand, poorly thought out prestidigitation just does not cut it with the public and through your constant self-exculpation and failure to take complete responsibility you should resign.Tony Davidson, Glen Waverley
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Jacinta Allan admits criminals infiltrated Big Build but rejects calls for royal commission
Premier apologised over organised crime in some of Victoria’s largest construction projects, in op-ed that claimed a royal commission would not solve the issue
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Jacinta Allan has admitted that criminals have infiltrated some of Victoria’s largest construction projects – but has again rejected growing calls for a royal commission into alleged corruption involving unions and labour hire companies.
In an opinion piece published in the Age on Thursday night, the premier wrote that “we now know that criminals operated on some of Victoria’s construction sites” during projects dubbed by the Labor government as the Big Build.
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