00:0215.4 billion reasons to be vigilant.
00:05That's the argument the Liberal Party's making after a report a bike he allegedly
00:09attempted to muscle in on the state's most expensive infrastructure project.
00:14There has to be a level of ironclad guarantee that there is no thuggery,
00:19no organised crime connected to these projects at all.
00:22The Sunday Mail report details a civil case currently before court
00:26brought by shareholders of a labour hire company that won work on the South Road tunnels.
00:31The government suspended that contract yesterday,
00:33but the opposition wants an audit of the rest.
00:36When there is one organisation that's allegedly been strong armed by bikeys,
00:40how can the government provide assurances that this is not the case
00:44with any other government contract through this project?
00:47The Premier says the government's taking a zero tolerance approach
00:50and argues the Liberal's plan for a construction commissioner
00:53isn't as tough as the current corruption watchdog.
00:56We've had a good look at the legislation that was introduced in the last parliament
00:59and it is a toothless tiger.
01:02Allegations of corruption and organised crime infiltrating public infrastructure projects
01:07has caused Labor huge problems in Victoria,
01:09where a Royal Commission's being called and the Carroll government faces being turfed out of office.
01:14The Malinowska's government appears to be acutely aware of the political risks
01:18of being compared to their interstate counterparts.
01:20We are not going to allow what we've seen happen in Victoria happen in South Australia.
01:24We've got very strong controls in place to prevent that.
01:27The government today focused on who they want in construction,
01:30announcing accelerated three-year apprenticeships for trades like carpentry.
01:34So that young person will be in the workforce sooner,
01:37contributing to the economy, but also, critically for them, earning more money faster.
01:41The pilot program will be open to a thousand apprentices.
01:49The pilot program will be open to a
01:49flames so the other players don't have success.
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