At a time when the public is expecting a straight answer from their elected government Danny Pearson the Minister in Charge of Public Transport projects could not find a answer to any question posed by the media.
In a performance akin to Joe Biden in his later years Pearson fumbled and stumbled through the questioning only to be saved in part by the person who ran the portfolio for years and racked up over $20b in cost overruns for the various projects she was responsible for.
How Mafia works
1/ Government announces $100bn project
2/ Contracts go only to CFMEU approved firms
3/ Those firms donate billions to CFMEU to be on their list
4/ CFMEU donates to Labor to protect the extortion racket