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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

Daniel Andrews defends actions as opposition labels Labor ‘a gangster government’ after Ibac report released

Daniel Andrews
Ibac’s investigation began in 2018 following a tip-off that UFU boss Peter Marshall ‘blackmailed or otherwise compromised’ the then premier, Daniel Andrews (pictured). Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has defended the actions of senior members of his government, whom the state’s anti-corruption watchdog found engaged in “serious and concerning” conduct in their dealings with the leader of the firefighters’ union.

A long-awaited report by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, tabled in parliament on Wednesday, stopped short of making any findings of corrupt conduct.

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