'It says a lot about the premier’s views on corruption and integrity.' The Victorian ombudsman has slammed the premier and said she was disappointed he downplayed a recent IBAC report.
The Victorian ombudsman has slammed Premier Daniel Andrews, calling a recent report into his government’s conduct “damning” and saying the state had fallen behind in parliamentary integrity.
“We worked on it for a good six months. What became clear to us is that there was a suspicion of corrupt conduct on the part of, in this case, the premier and two former ministers for health,” she said, adding that’s why she handded over the case to IBAC. That contract was to train hospital staff to deal with violence against health workers on the eve of the 2018 election. In the case of the PPO staffer, the pressure was exerted through the then health minister’s office.
“I think people are rightly concerned about that. We have fallen behind in not having … transparent, accountable, enforceable standards for people in public life when it falls short of that high threshold for criminal contract.”
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