Opposition figures referred Premier Jacinta Allan to Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog IBAC, accusing her office of intervening in the Gap Road project in Sunbury to resolve a CFMEU dispute by using BK Labour, a firm under police investigation.
Allan denies wrongdoing, attributes Big Build cost overruns to inflation and pandemic issues, and recently apologised for criminal behavior on sites while introducing new enforcement measures like mandatory crime reporting.
Critics tie escalations—such as $11.7 billion in audited overruns—to union influence, with a report estimating up to $15 billion in taxpayer losses from practices like ghost jobs.
