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Victorian public service hid $257m in wrongful pandemic payments: IBAC

PerthNow · 15 October 2026 at 12:11 pm

Victorian public service hid $257m in wrongful pandemic payments: IBAC

Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission found that senior public servants hid the wrongful payment of $257 million of pandemic support to more than 9000 ineligible businesses.

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