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An anti-corruption investigation has discovered employees within the Daniel Andrews’ authorities exerted strain on well being division officers to award a contract to a well being union.
The Impartial Broad-based Anti-corruption Fee launched its Operation Daintree report on Wednesday, after investigating the awarding of the contract price greater than $1 million within the lead-up to the 2018 election.
The investigation substantiated {that a} ministerial advisor working within the well being minister’s workplace exerted strain on Division of Well being and Human Providers employees to award the contract to a Well being Employees Union entity.
It additionally discovered that an advisor within the workplace of a subsequent well being minister and an advisor within the workplace of Premier Daniel Andrews intruded into the division’s administration of the contract in opposition to the general public curiosity.
Whereas there was no corrupt conduct detected, the investigation did reveal “regarding conduct and omissions in breach of the general public duties and moral obligations of ministers and ministerial advisors”.
Conduct by senior public servants additionally fell in need of that required by Victorian requirements, the inquiry discovered.
