‘Teflon Dan’ lives up to the title as Victoria’s premier seeks to downplay Ibac report

Daniel Andrews adopted a ‘nothing to see here’ approach to new controversy, but experts say reform is needed over ‘grey corruption’

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For a leader who has weathered enough political controversies to earn the nickname “Teflon Dan”, it’s not surprising that Daniel Andrews has attempted to downplay an anti-corruption watchdog report into his government’s actions.

After the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission released its findings over the awarding of a $1.2m contract to a Labor-affiliated union, Andrews spent an hour in front of journalists, seeking to minimise the fallout.

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