Senior Victorian public servants hid loss of up to $285m from Covid grants given to ineligible businesses

October 15, 2026 · 2:39 am 1 sources

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• Senior Victorian public servants hid loss of up to $285m from Covid grants given to ineligible businesses
  The Guardian · October 15, 2026 02:39
  Whistleblowers applauded as Ibac finds ‘decisions were made to withhold information about the magnitude of the loss’ Senior public servants in one state covered up losses suspected to be worth hundreds of millions arising from flawed Covid-19 business support payments, an investigation has found.…