On Monday, Premier Jacinta Allan gave a press conference where she blamed inflation for the Big Build cost blowouts, not corruption and stand-over tactics and uneconomic enterprise bargaining agreements that did not reflect actual costs and prices.

3AW Mornings host Tom Elliott said the government could not concede there was actual corruption.

Press PLAY to hear Elliott’s full thoughts on the government’s response

“It is an utter, utter mess,” he said.

Press PLAY to hear Jacinta Allan address the Big Build scandal on Monday

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