The Block 2027 is facing local backlash after Nine paid $1.1m for heritage-listed buildings at Sunbury’s former asylum.
The royal commission into the CFMEU and Victoria's Big Build projects hears a site supervisor suspected the union had an agenda when it raised 31 safety concerns in a week at Sunbury.
Public hearings started with the events leading up to a stop-work at a Sunbury level crossing removal site in June 2022.
The Big Build royal commission will call about two dozen witnesses as its first public hearings focus on a project central to claims the Labor government helped corrupt union officials.
The Victorian government stands to collect more than $1m in stamp duty from The Block’s five Mount Eliza homes if all properties sell at their $3.45m reserve.