Victorian attorney general lambasts integrity expert over ‘unfounded claim’ CFMEU corruption cost taxpayers $15bn

Rotting from the Top report author Geoffrey Watson says ‘personal attacks’ from Labor government ministers have ‘crossed a line’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Victoria’s attorney general has launched an extraordinary attack on the integrity expert, Geoffrey Watson SC, over his claim corruption at the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFEMU) cost taxpayers at least $15bn. The figure was contained in redacted chapters from Watson’s Rotting from the Top report, commissioned by the CFMEU administrator, Mark Irving KC, and tendered during a Queensland inquiry into the union last week. Continue reading...

By Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent