Everyone eats: Top contractor’s secret Big Build clothing side hustle
A high-ranking project manager on Victoria's 'Big Build' infrastructure project is under scrutiny for promoting his wife's workwear company to subcontractors. The situation has sparked calls for an independent inquiry into potential conflicts of interest within the state's mega-projects.
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Allegations of corruption and favoritism in large-scale public infrastructure projects undermine public trust and the efficient use of taxpayer funds.
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Share A A A A high-ranking project manager on several key Labor Big Build projects used his position to promote a new workwear company headed by his wife that he part-owned via a family trust, sparking fresh calls for the Allan government to call a royal commission into the mega infrastructure scheme.
In what an anti-corruption and transparency expert described as a potentially blatant conflict of interest, Mathew Quinlan, a general superintendent on Big Build sites, encouraged subcontractors on government worksites to use a firm called Salus Workwear – without revealing he owned half the company.
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