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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

‘Oh no’: $285m COVID cover-up exposed by whistleblowers - The Age

Two senior bureaucrats tried to cover up a suspected $285 million bungle that resulted in COVID-19 payments being made to ineligible businesses by withholding information from their boss and government ministers.

A report by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) released on Thursday revealed that “false and misleading information” was provided to then-minister Martin Pakula in November 2021 in a bid to hide the fact that almost one-quarter of the state’s program grants had been paid in error.



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