Victoria's Big Build royal commission explained
A royal commission has begun public hearings into corruption and criminal infiltration within Victoria's $100 billion 'Big Build' infrastructure project. Investigations focus on allegations that the CFMEU union facilitated organized crime involvement in government-funded construction.
Why it matters
Addresses significant concerns regarding the integrity of public funds and the influence of organized crime in major infrastructure development.
The Royal Commission into the Integrity of Major Public and Civil Infrastructure Construction Projects in Victoria will have its first public hearing today. ( ABC News: Patrick Rocca )
Link copied Share Share article The Victorian government's Big Build is a multi-decade, $100 billion construction project comprising new roads, railway stations and tunnels.
But major infrastructure project construction sites have become hotbeds for allegations of criminal wrongdoing, corruption and serious misconduct.
The Victorian government has called a royal commission into the alleged corruption, with its first hearings to begin this week.
Here's what you need to know about the Royal Commission into the Integrity of Major Public and Civil Infrastructure Construction Projects in Victoria.
Allegations of corruption and the criminal infiltration of the CFMEU construction union and Victoria's Big Build were first aired by Nine newspapers in 2024.
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