Last Thursday, when asked in parliament about how she dealt with the matter when it was raised with her, the Attorney said: "I raised those matters and those concerns immediately with the agency and the authority responsible for delivering that project, and those matters were referred to Victoria Police."
On Friday, Victoria Police contradicted the Attorney, saying: "'We have made some inquiries and cannot locate any referrals based on the information provided."
Yesterday, the Attorney claimed that she "misspoke", "conflated timelines" and had never referred the matter to Victoria Police.
It appears that all she did at the time allegations were raised with her, was tell a government relations adviser from the Major Transport Infrastructure Authority who was onsite when the labour hire firm reported the misconduct to her.
No referral. No follow up.
Shadow Attorney General, James Newbury, said, "The Premier needs to explain why her hand-picked chief law officer has failed to meet the Premier's own requirement that all allegations of misconduct must be referred to Victoria Police.
"By confirming that Police were not advised the Attorney has admitted that she has misled Parliament, which is a very serious admission. Given that admission, the Attorney must make a personal explanation to the Chamber or risk being found in contempt of the Parliament.
"The Attorney's failure proves that allegations of misconduct being put to Labor were not being reported to Victoria Police. The only way we will clean up the worst corruption scandal in our State's history is to conduct a Royal Commission, which is exactly what the Liberals and Nationals will do."
