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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Despite the damning findings, IBAC does not make any recommendations for criminal charges or further investigation.
Of-fucking-course.
It’s pretty much by design with IBAC, and part of the reason that the NACC copying the model is so concerning.
Is one of the recommendations to ban donations from property developers?
The full report is up at: https://www.ibac.vic.gov.au/operation-sandon-special-report