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Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog hands down Operation Sandon report (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 years ago by LineNoise@kbin.social to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Property developer John Woodman plied suburban councillors with hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for support of his lucrative projects and bankrolled Victorian MPs and candidates in a bid to win planning approvals, a damning report from the state's anti-corruption watchdog has found.

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[–] Zane@aussie.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Despite the damning findings, IBAC does not make any recommendations for criminal charges or further investigation.

Of-fucking-course.

[–] LineNoise@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

It’s pretty much by design with IBAC, and part of the reason that the NACC copying the model is so concerning.