The lunch that Woodman attended arose from a winning $10,000 bid at a fundraising event,the IBAC report states,and Andrews said he did not recall Woodman or his associates raising planning issues with him.
Later,in March 2019,IBACintercepteda phone call between Staindl and Woodman where the lobbyist said Andrews had told him the previous month that he had praisedWoodman’s donations to Labor and lamented he was being pursued with allegations of corruption byThe Age over acontroversial rezoning in Cranbourne West,known as C219.
Woodman and others,including major developer Leighton Properties,were to receive windfall gains if the Cranbourne West land was rezoned from industrial to residential. IBAC has concluded in its report Woodman corrupted the planning and political process to win approval on a series of projects.
Staindl also told Woodman he had given the premier Woodman’s phone number and Andrews said he would like to call him.
The IBAC report,which made no adverse comments or findings against Andrews,provided a summary of his private evidence to the inquiry.
According to the IBAC report,Andrews told the commission he could not remember the content of his conversation with Staindl,or even having had a conversation at that time. He did not dispute he may have had the conversation.