It has become apparent that some politicians and senior public servants are turning a blind eye to vast and extensive corruption on public infrastructure projects and frustrating investigative efforts by not giving the investigative body sufficient authority and funding.
A Classic Liberals Australia (CLA) government will tackle and overcome this corruption by:
- Removing the selection of public infrastructure projects from politicians, handing it to is specialist body, that will be transparent and accountable.
- Ensuring that the management of any such project is accountable for cost and time overruns and run the risk of dismissal.
- Annual economic visibility assessments on the project’s ongoing viability.
- Establishing a ‘Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau’ or similar with extensive powers to investigate, arrest and search. This body will be independent and sufficiently funded. Its mission will be to hunt down corruption, no matter how high the rank – nobody will be untouchable, not the prime minister, not State premiers, not cabinet ministers, nor senior public officials.