00:02There was grift, there was thuggery, there was misogyny, and there was violence.
00:09And it happened on major Victorian construction sites.
00:12After years of pressure, it's finally going to be probed by a royal commission.
00:15If there has been corruption, that will be found.
00:18Christopher Caracas, a former Chief Justice of the South Australian Supreme Court, has
00:23been appointed commissioner.
00:24I chose someone independent, rigorous and fearless.
00:29The terms of reference are deliberately broad.
00:32It's the commission's job to find out how criminals corrupted the sector.
00:35Was the government, including current and former leaders, complicit?
00:39How much money has been misappropriated?
00:41And how can it be recouped?
00:43People face the consequences.
00:45A special prosecutor will also be set up to ensure any criminal behaviour uncovered is brought
00:50to justice.
00:51We need to make sure that we are curious and not incurious to what's occurred.
00:56This royal commission will examine the Labor government's role.
00:59Nobody and no one rightly is off limits.
01:03CFMU Administrator Michael Crosby said the union would fully cooperate, adding, anyone who
01:09knows this industry understands that misconduct is not confined to one organisation, urging the
01:14royal commission to examine the conduct of developers, head contractors, subcontractors, Labor
01:19high operators and anyone else who's profited from unlawful or unethical behaviour.
01:25Integrity bodies have long called for a commission.
01:27They welcome the terms.
01:28The opposition has made calling a royal commission central to its election pitch.
01:33It wanted the terms to explicitly require Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allen to be called.
01:38This is a cover up.
01:39Labor will also introduce laws in the last sitting week before the election to beef up
01:43IBAC's powers to follow the money and to lower the threshold for what is considered corrupt
01:48conduct.
