Ultranet: former VIC deputy secretary Darrell Fraser charged
Former deputy secretary at the Victorian Department of Education Darrell Fraser has been charged over his role in the failed software project Ultranet. Read More
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The man behind the $1m Ultranet payment: ‘I saw it as my only option’
The final day of IBAC's Ultranet inquiry heard former Education dep sec Darrell Fraser believed secretly channeling money to a contractor was his only option. Tapes reveal the former minister was told of the payment. Read More
Fraser ‘broke every fucking rule’ for the best reason, IBAC hears
ULTRANET INQUIRY: Rules were broken "for the good of fucking education" according to the latest intercepted calls heard at IBAC. A former executive says then-secretary Richard Bolt "brought me undone" over share purchase. Read More
IBAC rejects private hearing request: ‘a deterrent to others’
ULTRANET INQUIRY: Public anti-corruption hearings have an important deterrent effect, IBAC's commissioner argued in rejecting an application by ex-executive Darrell Fraser to be examined in private. Read More
CSG reviewed Ultranet; Darrell Fraser is ‘going to go to jail’
ULTRANET INQUIRY: Former Education Department executive Darrell Fraser feared "going to go to jail". A review was conducted by CSG itself and worth one-fifth what the department paid. Read More
Education bureaucrat’s wife bought contractor shares
ULTRANET INQUIRY: Yet another Education Department employee owned shares in contractor CSG, IBAC heard yesterday, along with an "unusual" process for drafting a tender exemption application. Read More
‘Stockholm syndrome’ facilitated corruption, IBAC hears
ULTRANET INQUIRY: A culture of fear in the Education Department allowed corruption to flourish, even though "sham" payments were "common knowledge". And the procurement board's "rubber stamp" mentality also failed. Read More
‘Shocked into silence’: Education ‘oppressive’ on Ultranet
ULTRANET HEARINGS: Victoria's Education Department used "dodgy" processes to appoint tenders and hire staff to the Ultranet project. The IBAC inquiry into alleged corruption heard more "shocking" allegations yesterday. Read More
Dep sec ‘propped up’ tenderer of Victoria’s Ultranet
Former Education Department deputy secretary Darrell Fraser lost his temper when it was suggested the Ultranet contract should go to a rival to the tenderer Fraser was allegedly "propping up". Read More