The Canberra Liberals are calling on the ACT Labor Government to immediately scrap the Secure Local Jobs Code following the serious corruption exposed by Operation Kingfisher, including the compromised Campbell Primary School tender.

Liberals Leader Mark Parton said the Code has become a vehicle for privileged access rather than a genuine safeguard for workers and local businesses.

“Operation Kingfisher, and the Campbell Primary School procurement at its heart, showed how special relationships and back-door channels can influence live tenders” Mr Parton said.

“The Secure Local Jobs Code, the UnionsACT MoU, and Chris Steel’s 2023 Ethical Treatment of Workers Evaluation Direction have institutionalised that privilege. It is time to end it.”

The Canberra Liberals say they remain committed to protecting workers and enforcing workplace laws through independent regulation and objective evidence, not through stacked Labor systems that undermine integrity and competition.