‘There was grift, there was thuggery’: Victorian premier says ‘nothing is off limits’ at construction royal commission
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Ben Carroll releases terms of reference for inquiry that will include examining allegations of CFMEU corruption on state government building sites
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“Nothing is off limits” to Victoria’s royal commission into the construction sector, Ben Carroll has said, as he released the inquiry’s terms of reference and confirmed former premiers and ministers could be called to face public hearings.
The Victorian premier on Thursday unveiled details of the inquiry while acknowledging there had been “grift”, “thuggery” and “violence” on taxpayer-funded building sites, after the letters patent formally establishing the commission were signed off by the governor following a cabinet meeting earlier in the morning.
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