Bombshell briefing reveals top officials’ CFMEU warning to Allan
Leaked documents reveal that senior Victorian public servants warned Premier Jacinta Allan about CFMEU corruption and potential cost blowouts in June 2023. The revelation comes as Allan faces a leadership challenge from Deputy Premier Ben Carroll amid growing political instability.
Why it matters
This scandal highlights significant governance failures and potential criminal infiltration in major taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects, threatening the stability of the Victorian government.
— 6:02pm , first published 4:14pm
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Share A A A A secret briefing to Premier Jacinta Allan reveals her most senior advisers sought to warn her in writing in June 2023 that the Big Build she was overseeing as minister was being taken over by a lawless CFMEU, that this could cause major cost blowouts, and bikies and criminals had reportedly infiltrated taxpayer-funded projects.
The emergence of the report marked “strictly confidential and cabinet in confidence” and addressed to Allan comes as she fights for her political life. It shows Labor’s top infrastructure officials knew far more about Big Build corruption— and the consequences of her failure to act on it— than has ever been publicly revealed.
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