Victoria's child protection department is not fully meeting the needs of children in state care, including keeping siblings together, the state auditor found.
Victoria's childcare regulator rarely made surprise visits, and its child-safety check couldn't bar workers facing credible abuse allegations, a state review found.
IBAC's Operation Richmond finds then-Premier Daniel Andrews, Special Minister of State Gavin Jennings and a top public servant breached codes of conduct in a secret 2016 firefighters' union pay deal