Afternoon Update: Ben Carroll becomes Victorian premier; well-connected Melbourne man guilty of rape; and a year as a gopher

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter. Good afternoon. Ben Carroll has been sworn in as the new premier of Victoria, with his first act as leader to announce a royal commission into alleged corruption in the construction sector. About 900,000 Origin Energy customers affected by hack as company admits it was warned weeks before public told PM praises Sally McManus and Michele O’Neil as ‘giants’ as…