Pressure is mounting on Jacinta Allan over her knowledge of corruption complaints surrounding Big Build projects, as the premier rebuffed accusations she had misled voters after it was revealed serious allegations were secretly lodged with government.
The premier is facing mounting calls to reveal what she knew about the allegations of widespread rorting and why she failed to act, amid renewed calls for a royal commission into unlawful behaviour on major government projects.
The Liberals have pledged to establish a royal commission to investigate corruption on major public projects in Victoria, after former IBAC commissioner Robert Redlich told this masthead he supported such an inquiry.
This week, this masthead revealed through leaked correspondence that for years, from early 2023