Minister breaks ranks with Victorian premier by calling for explanation for alleged wrongdoing on project
by Adeshola Ore from World news | The Guardian on (#7704A)
Melissa Horne describes allegations of improper government interference on a hospital project as alarming', after Jacinta Allan said report was wrong
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A Victorian minister has broken ranks with Jacinta Allan over allegations involving the CFMEU, describing a report about alleged improper government interference on a hospital project as alarming" and asking a senior official for assurances that no wrongdoing occurred.
The Facebook post by the health infrastructure minister, Melissa Horne, is a public signal of fractures within the government over how to handle corruption allegations on infrastructure projects, less than five months before the state election in November.
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