Big Build royal commission LIVE: Opening hearing to lay foundations for probe into alleged corruption on government building sites

Pinned post from 1.55pm Go to latest The wrap: Secret hearings revealed on day one of Big Build royal commission By Kieran Rooney and Lachlan Abbott Victoria’s state election campaign will be punctuated by the hearings of the royal commission into Big Build corruption, the inquiry having revealed construction companies, industrial fixers and former premier Jacinta Allan are already in its sights.

Commissioner Chris Kourakis promised on Wednesday, the first sitting day of the Royal Commission into the Integrity of Major Public and Civil Infrastructure Construction Projects in Victoria, to leave no stone unturned.

Commissioner Chris Kourakis takes his seat at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Joe Armao In a statement of intent, cabinet-in-confidence documents were tabled in the first hour of the hearing which showed Allan was warned three years ago about organised crime and serious misconduct on the Big Build.