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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Big Build graft claims put Allan’s inflation defence under fire
An integrity expert has called Premier Jacinta Allan's 'inflationary pressures' explanation for Big Build cost blowouts 'nonsense' amid fresh allegations…
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Big Build Misconduct: Why a Royal Commission May Be Unavoidable
Allegations of organised crime, extortion and fraud on Victorian government construction sites keep mounting — and critics say existing oversight…
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Allan Won’t Say What CFMEU Rot Has Cost Victorians
Premier Jacinta Allan has declined repeated opportunities to tell Victorians how much CFMEU-linked corruption may have added to the state's…
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Victoria’s Whistleblower Laws, Explained in Plain English
If you work in the public sector and suspect corruption or misconduct, Victoria's PID Act may protect you — but…
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Workers allegedly sleeping on luxury tower site in Burwood
A CFMEU official has alleged construction workers were living on the Victoria Place high-rise site in Burwood, in conditions a…
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Who watches the watchers? Victoria’s integrity web explained
IBAC, the Victorian Inspectorate, the Ombudsman, the Auditor-General — four bodies, overlapping powers, one goal. Here is how they actually…
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Suburban Rail Loop: What Each Stage Delivers — and at What Cost
Victoria's most ambitious transport project promises to reshape Melbourne's rail network — but independent scrutiny of its costs, timelines and…
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Back Fences at Risk as North East Link Eyes Eight New Sites
Residents and councils along the Eastern Freeway corridor are pushing back hard after a proposal to extend the North East…
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Who Watches IBAC? Inside Victoria’s Integrity Watchdog for the Watchdog
IBAC investigates corruption and police misconduct — but who holds IBAC itself to account? VCN explains the Victorian Inspectorate's critical…
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Big Build watchdog has zero live court cases on site violence
WorkSafe Victoria has confirmed it is not currently pursuing any prosecutions over violence or safety failures on the state's major…
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