As reported by the SMH, The Age, ABC News & The Australian
$15 Billion in Corruption. And They Tried to Hide It.
An independent corruption expert found $15 billion in taxpayer-funded corruption on major infrastructure projects. The Albanese Government's own CFMEU administrator deliberately removed the findings from the official report. This is a cover-up.
Sign Now: Demand a Senate InquiryDemand a Full Senate Inquiry
To Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
What was deleted from the report
The independent investigation found up to $15 billion in taxpayer-funded corruption on major infrastructure projects. Money meant for roads, rail and hospitals, poured into the hands of criminals and corrupt union officials.
The deleted findings detailed how government inaction allowed organised crime and bikie gang infiltration to thrive on federally funded construction projects. Corruption paid for by Australian taxpayers.
The CFMEU administrator was appointed by the Albanese Government to clean up corruption. Instead, he deliberately altered the official report to remove the most damning findings.
These findings didn't come from political opponents. They came from an independent corruption expert commissioned by the federal government itself. When findings of this magnitude are stripped from an official report, public trust collapses.
To Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
We, the undersigned, call on you to:
- 1.Immediately support a full Senate inquiry into the CFMEU administration;
- 2.Release all documents relating to the administration and the altered corruption report, including drafts, deletions and instructions; and
- 3.Require the CFMEU administrator and relevant officials to give evidence under oath.
Read the sources
“$15 billion poured into criminals' hands: bombshell findings CFMEU tried to hide.”
Geoffrey Watson SC, independent corruption report
The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
“$15b poured into criminals' hands: bombshell findings CFMEU tried to hide”
Read article →ABC News
“Victorian government defends action amid allegations it was 'cowed' by CFMEU”
Read article →AUS
The Australian
“Labor knew of CFMEU corruption and did nothing, redacted report finds”
Read article →An Administrator Appointed to Clean Up Corruption. Not Sanitise It.
Every signature tells Albanese and Rishworth: Australians won't accept a cover-up of $15 billion in corruption. Add your name.
Sign Now. It Takes 30 Seconds.