On Tuesday the Big Build royal commission heard that state officials told a major contractor it would be frozen out of future projects unless it caved to the CFMEU’s demands in an industrial dispute.

Investigative journalist Nick McKenzie told 3AW Breakfast hosts Ross Stevenson and Russel Howcroft that there was only one minister in charge of the Big Build at the time.

Press PLAY to hear McKenzie reveal which minister he suspects was involved in the Big Build dispute

“We don’t know for sure it was her, but I’d bet my bottom dollar it was,” he said.

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