A royal commission hearing on the Big Build heard that a major contractor on a Victorian rail project was warned that the minister's office felt it would not "have any more work" in the state unless an industrial dispute was resolved, The Guardian reported. According to the same report, the project had been shut down by union officials.
According to The Guardian, the royal commission also heard from an employee of a construction company, who said workers were afraid of the union. The summary of the report does not name the company, the employee, or the rail project.
The Guardian's headline describes the proceeding as a Big Build inquiry, while the summary refers to a royal commission. The summary does not explain how the two descriptions relate. The article is credited to Nino Bucci and Jack Larkin.
The summary of the report ends mid-sentence, so the rest of the account, including any response from the minister's office, the contractor, or the union, is not available in the material reviewed for this story. The Gazette has not independently confirmed the account and reports it as The Guardian presented it.