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Shadow Attorney-General James Newbury said allegations made over the first three days of hearings, including that businesses were threatened with black-bans on government projects unless they kowtowed to the CFMEU, “go straight to the heart of corruption”.
Speaking outside Parliament House on Thursday morning, Newbury said testimony from former union organiser Paul Tzimas that a former top union boss boasted of having “a direct line to Jacinta Allan’s office” was damning.
“Jacinta Allan’s office was the enforcer to see the CFMEU on these government work sites, and Jacinta Allan’s office was receiving briefs stating that having the CFMEU on these sites -- and the decisions that they enforced -- would see hundreds of millions of dollars in inflated costs,” he said.
“That’s how we have seen a $15 billion loss to corruption in Victoria because of allegations of state-sanctioned corruption.”
At yesterday’s hearing, a former CFMEU official claimed that a union boss boasted of having a “direct line to Jacinta Allan’s office” at a pivotal meeting with contractors who wanted to end a costly dispute on a rail project.
Former organiser Paul Tzimas spoke about a crucial meeting on June 7 in 2022, between the union and construction firm bosses from John Holland.
Here’s what he told the commission.
The first week of the commission’s hearings has focused on the $110 million Gap Road level crossing removal project in Sunbury.
Here’s a quick recap of what we’ve heard so far:
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the fourth day in this hearing block for the Royal Commission into the Integrity of Major Public and Civil Infrastructure Construction Projects in Victoria.
