North East Link project in Victoria involved in claims contractor was forced to pay gangland figure kickbacks to get veterans construction jobs

A military veteran helping struggling ex-soldiers get construction jobs has alleged he was forced to pay a gangland-linked figure to gain access to the $26 billion government-funded North East Link road project in Victoria.

Former soldier Daniel Salter is the first subcontractor on the Victorian government’s Big Build program to publicly outline the alleged graft infecting the North East Link, into which the federal government is also pouring billions of dollars. Loading...