Victoria’s anti-corruption report reveals more grubby 'whatever it takes' politics than bombshell revelations | Jon Faine

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The Victorian anti-corruption agencys longest-running investigation has finally ended … with a whimper, not a bang. To explain – everything in Victoria has a football analogy. The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (Ibac) report, code-named “Operation Richmond” and released on Wednesday morning, will have about as much impact on the November Victorian election as the eponymous football team is having on the field. For readers who care little for AFL, Richmond have won only three games out of 20 and are second bottom on the ladder. After years of to-ing and fro-ing, multiple supreme court challenges, injunctions, secrecy and delay, those most likely to be disappointed by the long-awaited anti-corruption commission’s…

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