The Victorian government is facing growing calls for a royal commission to investigate allegations of corruption in the construction sector.
There is no question these calls for accountability are important. Something must be done to understand how corruption was able to infiltrate so deeply into the Victorian construction sector.
But there is a better and more far-reaching way to secure lasting accountability than a royal commission. The government should endorse amendments introduced into parliament by the Greens and supported by the Coalition that empower Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) to investigate what has been happening in the construction industry.
