Two senior managers have been found to have engaged in corrupt conduct during the construction of a new Victorian hospital. The finding was made in an Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption report tabled in state parliament on Thursday. Bendigo Health’s Chief Executive Officer John Mulder, who temporarily stood down in February, made employers work at his wife’s properties without payment and personally pocketed about $10,000 in goods and services, the report said. As well, former construction manager Adam Hardinge had $21,000 paid into his personal trust, used hospital materials to renovate his property, sold a $70,000 electrical transformer and authorised more than two dozen demolitions and minor building works without permits.
