Slow, then fast, the downfall of a premier under siege
“What, what, what, what have you got that shows that they [allegations] were put to me in writing?”It was a Monday in July, 2024 and The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, 60 Minutes and The Australian Financial Review had spent the weekend publishing its first Building Bad stories. Two hundred articles in the series later, Allan is gone and her response to the scandal is at the heart of her political demise.For nine years as transport infrastructure minister and then-premier, Allan was the public face of Victoria’s $109 billion Big Build. On this afternoon two years ago, she was forced to answer for the alleged corruption that had festered inside it.Allan is tough and used to staring down questions from reporters.
- ▪“What, what, what, what have you got that shows that they [allegations] were put to me in writing?”It was a Monday in July, 2024 and The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, 60 Minutes and The Australian Financial Review had spent the weekend pu
- ▪Two hundred articles in the series later, Allan is gone and her response to the scandal is at the heart of her political demise.For nine years as transport infrastructure minister and then-premier, Allan was the public face of Victoria’s $1
- ▪On this afternoon two years ago, she was forced to answer for the alleged corruption that had festered inside it.Allan is tough and used to staring down questions from reporters.
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| Publication time | Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:01:54 +1000 |
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