Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has resigned this morning, just before a caucus vote challenging her leadership.

A major factor for her resignation is revelations from the Big Build corruption.

Most recently, Nine media reporting revealed Allan was briefed on the Big Build corruption by senior public servants in June 2023, when she was transport minister.

The briefing showed Allan was notified about criminal and bikie infiltration of the government’s $109 billion infrastructure program. The brief stated this had “a bearing on project costs, program, productivity and culture”.

This undercut Allan’s arguments there was no cost blowout from CFMEU (the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union) involvement, saying instead it had simply been as a result of inflation.

Allan claimed she had never seen this brief.

The alleged corruption has reportedly cost Victorian taxpayers around $15 billion.

Other allegations have surfaced about the premier approving an $837 million payment based on CFMEU demands.

Read more: Without a Royal Commission, we won’t know the scale of the corruption in Victoria’s Big Build

Media reporting also alleges that in 2022, Allan as transport minister applied ministerial pressure to enable the union to hire a corrupt labour hire company, costing the taxpayer $2 million more than the alternative firm.

Allan has denied any........

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