A public servant in the 1980s proposed an inquiry into whether women needed more public toilets. The Victorian ombudsman wasn’t having it.
A powerful trio of commissioners would investigate bullying and harassment complaints against Victorian MPs under changes put forward by Premier Jacinta Allan.
Andrews always seemed more focused on results than process,and that meant integrity issues suffered under his leadership.
Victoria’s public service integrity bodies say they haven’t seen evidence of change a year after their probe into Labor’s branch-stacking scandal.
Almost 65 per cent of lobbying firms registered in Victoria have lobbyists on their books who are former MPs,ministerial staffers or party officials.
Premiers and governments that feel impervious to opposition are more likely to overreach. For disturbing evidence of this,look no further than the latest IBAC report and Daniel Andrews’ contemptuous reaction to it.
An Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission report has issued a damning assessment of the centralisation of power under Daniel Andrews’ watch and noted a “significant erosion” of ministerial accountability.
The Andrews government’s awarding of a multimillion-dollar training contract to a Labor-linked union may not be criminal,but it exposes troubling failings,unethical conduct and “grey corruption”.
The anti-corruption commission issued a damning assessment of the centralisation of power under the premier’s watch and the “significant erosion” of ministerial accountability.
The findings of a secret corruption probe into the role of Premier Daniel Andrews and his advisers in awarding two grants worth $3.4 million to a Labor-linked union on the eve of the 2018 election will be revealed on Wednesday.
When Martin Pakula made his parting speech to parliament in September,there was one point that had Opposition MPs nodding in fierce agreement.