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Breaking: Firefighters' union loses Supreme Court bid to keep corruption probe secret
Key takeaways
- The United Firefighters Union and its secretary Peter Marshall attempted to stop a report by Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog from being published.
- Operation Richmond investigated allegations of corrupt conduct during the enterprise bargaining agreement dispute between the union, the Country Fire Authority and Victorian government in 2016.
- The investigation was launched in 2018 and was wrapped up in 2022.
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The United Firefighters Union and its secretary Peter Marshall attempted to stop a report by Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog from being published.
Link copied Share Share article. The firefighters' union has lost a Supreme Court bid to keep secret a corruption probe into its dealings with the government of former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews.
Operation Richmond investigated allegations of corrupt conduct during the enterprise bargaining agreement dispute between the union, the Country Fire Authority and Victorian government in 2016.
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