State Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, has backed calls for a Royal Commission (RC) into corruption on Victorian Government Big Build sites, speaking on the matter in State Parliament.

On Thursday, all non-Labor parties voted to support a motion calling on the Allan Labor Government to implementing a RC into the issue.

“When you have every other party in the Parliament agreeing on a matter like this, it is fairly obvious it needs investigating.

“It is potentially the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the State and the government is refusing any attempt to get to the bottom of the claims by integrity expert Geoffrey Watson SC, who estimated up to $15 billion of taxpayer money may have been lost to corruption,” Mr Bull said.

“Not only that, he said this was a conservative estimate. It is not the Opposition or media making these claims, it is a Senior Counsel and integrity expert.

“Everyone knew there was something inappropriate about the CFMEU’s involvement with the government and the underworld. It has been raised time and time again, but the Premier wants us to believe she knew nothing.

“Her excuse is she referred concerns to the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC), knowing full well it did not have the powers to investigate - and then refused to give it the powers.

“All we have seen from the Premier and her ministers is deflection, and attacks on both the media when they ask the hard questions and highly-regarded experts like Mr Watson SC and former IBAC Commissioner Robert Redlich AM KC,” he said.

“Our successful motion sends a clear message to the government that Victorians support a RC.

“It’s time for the Premier to stop hiding behind weasel words and put the processes in place to get to the bottom of this issue immediately.

“Victorians deserve to know what happened, who was responsible, and how we will get the lost taxpayer money back.”

Monday, 23 February 2026