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While Melbourne escaped major damage in last month’s magnitude 5.9 earthquake, experts say thorough building inspections are needed to check for any undetected problems.

Buildings in Melbourne – particularly structures with masonry and reinforced concrete – may be vulnerable to “significant damage” even with low seismic activity, according to scientists who have assessed the impacts of the 22 September tremor.

It’s a matter of judgment. I think she looked at it in the context of how long it was likely to impact, and the approach that Icac takes in relation to its inquiries. I mean that could be very many months before her reputation would have been cleared.

It’s one of the reasons that I’ve commented on the way in which Icac undertakes inquiries ... I believe passionately that we need to deal with corruption. I don’t see any place for corruption in public life, but having said that, I don’t believe people’s reputations should be jeopardised because matters are put into the public arena before issues relating to culpability have been clearly established.

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