Big Build Watch
Independent coverage of governance, corruption and integrity issues across Victoria’s $140-billion major-projects program — IBAC findings, Auditor-General reports, the CFMEU administration, and the cost-blow-out story.
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Two charged as guns, drugs, cars seized in CFMEU corruption probe
Taskforce Hawk detectives arrest five men and search the CFMEU's Victorian HQ as police allege secret commissions, fraud and drug…
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Suburban Rail Loop to be scaled back in $2b savings push
The Victorian government plans to cut $2 billion from the Suburban Rail Loop budget, with underground interchanges and pedestrian bridges…
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Five Arrested as Police Raid CFMEU Melbourne Headquarters
Detectives executed search warrants at CFMEU headquarters and five other properties, arresting five people as part of an ongoing investigation.
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Big Build corruption: why Victoria needs a royal commission now
As allegations of corruption on Victoria's Big Build projects mount, our chief courts reporter argues only a royal commission can…
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Premier says ‘nothing off limits’ as building royal commission begins
Ben Carroll has released terms of reference for Victoria's construction royal commission, saying the inquiry into alleged CFMEU corruption will…
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Push to widen IBAC’s corruption powers before poll
The Victorian government has flagged plans to broaden the legal definition of corruption before the November election, expanding what IBAC…
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IBAC charges two officers over alleged Taser assault in Melbourne
IBAC has charged two Victoria Police officers with assault over an arrest last year in which a man was allegedly…
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IBAC finds ‘concerning’ conduct in union dealings, Andrews hits back
IBAC report finds 'serious and concerning' conduct by senior figures in dealings with a union boss. No corrupt conduct findings…
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IBAC report finds union boss had ‘extraordinary influence’ in office
IBAC findings detail how a firefighters' union leader secured a private meeting and a deal that reshaped a bitter industrial…
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Inside IBAC’s finding: how the firefighters’ pay war soured
IBAC's Operation Richmond found Daniel Andrews, senior ministers and public servants breached conduct codes during the 2016 firefighters' pay dispute.
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