Second company suspended from Adelaide mega-project as fallout grows

The fallout from a major South Australian infrastructure project has deepened as a second company is suspended from the development. It has links to Career Boss, the recruitment company at the centre of explosive allegations involving underworld figures. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Second company suspended from Adelaide mega-project as fallout grows Commercial cleaning company Lyla has been suspended from the $15.4 billion Torrens to Darlington project after it emerged one of its shareholders also holds a stake in the recruitment agency. Career Boss has been stripped of its contract with the Torrens to Darlington alliance after revelations it had failed to disclose a civil legal dispute involving one of its shareholders. Court action lodged by businessman Rob Cammarano, a shareholder in Career Boss, alleges bikie figure Jamie Brown intimidated shareholders into surrendering their stake in the recruitment company. Those allegations remain before the courts. Career Boss has strongly denied wrongdoing. Brown has also denied the allegations. On Monday, 7NEWS also revealed alarming allegations of violent incidents surrounding the infrastructure project. The state government has stepped in to reassure the future of the project. “We’re not going to be allowing this project in any way to be compromised,” Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis said. Transport Minister Joe Szakacs said the recruitment company was no longer involved in the project. “Career Boss is no longer anywhere near this project and we’ll let the court proceedings and the fighting it out between shareholders do its thing,” he said. But the opposition claims the government’s handling of the saga has raised serious questions about oversight of contractors working on the multibillion-dollar project. “Just last week, we had the minister say there were no red flags at all. Today, they’re completely changing their tune again,” Opposition Leader Ashton Hurn said. Opposition demands independent audit The Liberals are now demanding an independent audit of all contractors and subcontractors involved in the project, arguing it is the only way to identify any further concerns. “It’s too important for this government to get wrong,” Hurn said. The government insists robust checks are already in place, both before contracts are awarded and throughout the life of a project. But under questioning, ministers struggled to detail how often those reviews occur or explain how Career Boss passed initial scrutiny before the allegations surfaced. “They do the tenders, and then on an ongoing basis,” Koutsantonis said. The River Torrens to Darlington Project is South Australia’s largest road infrastructure project, a $15.4 billion initiative to complete the final 10.5km section of Adelaide’s North-South Corridor.