South Road scandal to become subject of parliamentary inquiry
The Malinauskas government's handling of alleged bikie infiltration into the $15.4 billion Torrens to Darlington project is set to face more scrutiny.
The Malinauskas government's handling of alleged bikie infiltration into the $15.4 billion Torrens to Darlington project is set to face more scrutiny.
The premier and his senior lieutenants have been grilled on multiple occasions in the past fortnight about the biggest and most expensive road infrastructure project in SA's history but debate continues over whether it's time for one minister to fall on his sword.
The businessman claiming ownership of a labour hire firm that won a now-cancelled contract on the $15.4 billion Torrens to Darlington project has been bankrupt four times, including when the company won the public tender.
The South Australian government has confirmed the Torrens to Darlington Alliance, tasked with delivering the $15.4 billion road upgrade, has cancelled its contract with Career Boss.
The labour hire company at the centre of a controversy surrounding alleged bikie threats is still awaiting a payment of about $2 million from the lead contractor of the state government’s Torrens to Darlington project, a court has heard.
Fears of outlaw bikie involvement in South Australia's biggest infrastructure project prompt the premier to ask SA's corruption watchdog to investigate.