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Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with

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Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. They don't call it the killing

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Speaker 1: season for nothing. Jess Wilson is the new leader of

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Speaker 1: the Victorian Liberal Party after her predecessor Brad Batton lost

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Speaker 1: a spill motion he decided not to recontest the leadership.

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Speaker 1: Wilson is a first term MP and the first woman

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Speaker 1: to hold the position. The party's deputy leader Sam Growth

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Speaker 1: narrowly avoided losing his job in a second contest by

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Speaker 1: Police spokesman David Southwick. Wilson said she plans to crack

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Speaker 1: down on crime and fix the state's budget.

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Speaker 2: And as leader, I have a clear focus. I have

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Speaker 2: clear priorities. One to get the budget back into control

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Speaker 2: so we can invest in things that matter. Two to

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Speaker 2: end the crime crisis. Three to make sure that Victorians

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Speaker 2: can get access to the healthcare that they need and deserve.

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Speaker 2: And four to give every Victorian the best opportunity to

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Speaker 2: own their own home in this state.

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Speaker 1: Former Victorian Opposition leader Michael O'Brien said Jess Wilson is

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Speaker 1: a nightmare for Premier Jacinta Allen.

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Speaker 3: Jess is a star and she will be just into

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Speaker 3: Allen's worst nightmare.

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Speaker 1: What will she bring to the party.

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Speaker 2: Policy integrity, a great understanding of Victorian's Victorian aspirations.

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Speaker 1: Brad Batton told reporters he's proud of the work he's.

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Speaker 3: Done as a very proud member of the Victorian Liberal Party.

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Speaker 3: I stand continuously proud in the role that I've done

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Speaker 3: and the things that I've done for the community. The

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Speaker 3: Victorian Liberal Party now has a very clear path to

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Speaker 3: go towards next election.

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Speaker 1: There's blood in the water in New South Wales too,

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Speaker 1: where the local National Party leader suddenly quit citing family reasons.

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Speaker 1: There's also rampant speculation about the future of opposition leader

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Speaker 1: Mark Speakman. Another ambitious woman Liberal MP, Kelly Sloane, is

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Speaker 1: widely reported to be considering a tilt at the leadership,

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Speaker 1: and in Canberra, the coalition's relatively new leader, Susan Lee,

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Speaker 1: is being circled by leadership aspirants including Andrew Hasty and

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Speaker 1: Angus Taylor, although a move against Lee could be deferred

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Speaker 1: until after Christmas as she seeks to persuade Australians that

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Speaker 1: the Liberals have made the right choice in abandoning their

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Speaker 1: net zero commitment. Scroll back in your feet of the

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Speaker 1: Front to hear are political editor Jeff Chambers running the

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Speaker 1: ruler over hasty his ambitions and his prospects of leading

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Speaker 1: the Federal Liberals out of the wilderness. Nine Entertainment is

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Speaker 1: to acts fifty jobs in a dramatic shakeup of its

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Speaker 1: legacy broadcast business. The freeedware television service will be merged

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Speaker 1: with streaming platform Stan and online site nine Now in

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Speaker 1: what Boss Amanda Lang said was a critical move to

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Speaker 1: reshape the organization for the future. Nine needs to save

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Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty million dollars and has already acted

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Speaker 1: several of its most prominent TV personalities. Check out though

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Speaker 1: and come back to the Front first thing in the

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Speaker 1: morning for our close look at a new feud enveloping

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Speaker 1: Donald Trump and the woman who was once his closest

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Speaker 1: maga ally, Marjorie Taylor Green