2026-02-20
Just a day after shutting down a bill to give anti-corruption watchdog more powers, it has been revealed that Jacinta Allan’s Labor Government failed to alert the Big Build police taskforce that a Swiss corporation was found to be stealing $6 million dollars from the Metro Tunnel project.
The Greens say this latest scandal is more evidence that the anti-corruption watchdog, IBAC, needs more powers.
Last night the Greens secured support from the opposition and crossbenchers to support the laws to strengthen IBAC - Labor promptly shut down any debate on the bill to avoid the Greens amendments even going to a vote.
This latest revelation proves that Jacinta Allan’s Labor government can’t be trusted to ensure corruption is properly investigated and stamped out.
Quotes attributable to Victorian Greens integrity spokesperson, Tim Read:
“This is seriously dodgy, Jacinta Allan’s Labor government did everything they could to block laws to give our independent anti- corruption watchdog more powers, and the very next day we find out they have concealed corruption on their Metro Tunnel project.
“After this week, Victorians will rightly be asking themselves - what else has Jacinta Allan’s Labor government got to hide?
“Victoria has some of the weakest anti-corruption laws in the country and Jacinta Allan’s Labor government wants to keep it this way.”