Premier Ben Carroll will take his plans for a royal commission into Big Build corruption to cabinet on Thursday morning.

Age investigative reporter Nick McKenzie told 3AW Breakfast hosts Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft Victorians deserve to know the truth.

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“We don’t know, really still, why Jacinta Allan sought, ultimately, to cover up the worst recent corruption scandal in Victorian history,” he said.

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