October 27, 2026 — 7:00pm

There have been 25 additional allegations of fraud, corruption, theft and criminal behaviour on Victorian government infrastructure building sites since May, as the royal commission into the construction sector gets underway.

Since the beginning of the year, contractors on public construction projects have been required to report potential criminal behaviour, thanks to new regulations in response to revelations in this masthead of widespread fraud and criminality across the state’s building sector.

The North East Link has received the highest number of reports of misconduct and other alarming behaviour. Eamon Gallagher

New figures released on Tuesday by the federal infrastructure department have revealed there are now 84 allegations of criminal, corruption or other “material unacceptable behaviour” on projects that receive Commonwealth funding.…