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Staffer felt set up to get rid of building watchdog

PerthNow · 20 August 2026 at 2:09 pm

Staffer felt set up to get rid of building watchdog

A former ministerial chief of staff felt allegations of money in brown paper bags might have been a set up to get rid of a former state building commissioner.

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