WEBVTT - Is this the end of the Jacqui Lambie Network?

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<v Speaker 1>From Schwartz Media. I'm Ruby Jones. This is seven am.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been almost a decade since Jackie Lamby dramatically quit

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<v Speaker 1>the Palme United Party. Since then, she's become a political

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<v Speaker 1>force in Canberra and in her home state Tasmania as

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<v Speaker 1>the leader of the Jackie Lamby Network. At the last

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<v Speaker 1>federal election, Lamby's longtime staffer Tammy Tyrel, won a Senate spot,

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<v Speaker 1>and at the last Tasmanian election just a few months ago,

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<v Speaker 1>the party won three seats. But now the Jackie Lamby

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<v Speaker 1>Network is imploding after Tyrell resigned and two of the

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<v Speaker 1>three Tasmanian MPs were sacked. Today, senior reporter for the

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday Paper, Rick Morton on the allegations Jackie spied on

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<v Speaker 1>her colleagues and why she hasn't been able to hold

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<v Speaker 1>the party together. It's Monday, September to So, Rick, I

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<v Speaker 1>think that most of us have an idea in our

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<v Speaker 1>mind of who Jackie Lamby is. She's the straight talking

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<v Speaker 1>Tasmanian senator who turned her personal brand into an entire

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<v Speaker 1>political party, the Jackie Lamby Networks. So tell me about

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<v Speaker 1>her journey.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, her story is one of the more

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<v Speaker 2>fascinating arcs. She you know, was elected on the coattails

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<v Speaker 2>of Clive Palmer and was pretty abrasive.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what, that baby's made more progress in a

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<v Speaker 3>thousand days than a Liberal party have on their own bill.

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<v Speaker 3>That is where we're at, a three year old shameful.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when we talk about brand Jackie Lamby and

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<v Speaker 2>really is just who she is. You know, she is

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<v Speaker 2>kind of the every woman and I think that's why

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people have warmed up to her over

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<v Speaker 2>a long period of time now since first elected into

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<v Speaker 2>the Senate.

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<v Speaker 4>Having that experience of being on a single mum's pension

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<v Speaker 4>and trying to bring up raised to boys during a

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<v Speaker 4>really traumatic time of my life was really difficult. So

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<v Speaker 4>to go without I know what that feels like, and

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<v Speaker 4>it's really difficult. And somehow I had a door open.

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<v Speaker 4>I was one of the lucky ones and I managed

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<v Speaker 4>to be able to get through that, but many don't.

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<v Speaker 2>And she's now got this eponymous political party, the Jacquelaemy Network,

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<v Speaker 2>which she's fashioned in her image, and their main motto

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<v Speaker 2>really is just giving a leg up to the little guy.

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<v Speaker 2>They're trying to fight to keep the Barson's honest and

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<v Speaker 2>really their overall stick is just accountability, transparency, loyalty, making

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<v Speaker 2>sure that politicians in particular do what they say they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to do and are open about it. It was

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<v Speaker 2>originally founded because she wanted to get re elected to

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<v Speaker 2>the Senate after she left Clive Palmer, and it hadn't

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<v Speaker 2>really changed much until the twenty twenty two federal election

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<v Speaker 2>when finally, after raining a few people in different tickets,

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<v Speaker 2>this long time staff and Jacque Lambi Lay Timmy Tyrrell,

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<v Speaker 2>a former office manager for Lambie, wins a Senate seat

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<v Speaker 2>as part of the Jackie Lambi network. So suddenly there

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<v Speaker 2>were two. And then of course we have this Tasmaniu

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<v Speaker 2>of State election where astoundingly the Jackie Lamy network fields

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of candidates and they get three MPs elect.

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<v Speaker 2>They get Andrew Jenner, who's a former mayor from a

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<v Speaker 2>relatively small borough in the United Kingdom.

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<v Speaker 5>We've get Miriam.

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<v Speaker 2>Beswick, who's a small business owner type religious person from Devonport,

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<v Speaker 2>and Rebecca Pentland who is a pharmaceutical consultant. And having

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<v Speaker 2>three MP's in the State Parliament put them in a

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<v Speaker 2>position of great power and influence from outsiders to king make.

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<v Speaker 5>Its well, not career politicians.

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<v Speaker 2>We're just normal people that have just want to try

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<v Speaker 2>and make a difference and want to just try and

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<v Speaker 2>bring a bit of common sense back into Parliament. So

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<v Speaker 2>they signed this deal with the Liberal Government minority government

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<v Speaker 2>which Jackie Lamby essentially took control of. SLASH help them

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<v Speaker 2>negotiate and if you read it, it includes a stability

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<v Speaker 2>protocol that requ why I have both the Liberal Government

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<v Speaker 2>and the Jackie Lamby Network MPs to warn each other

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<v Speaker 2>of what they're going to do, usually within twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>hours when they intend to do it, so essentially to

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<v Speaker 2>make life easier.

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<v Speaker 5>For both of them.

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<v Speaker 2>And then, of course we're not even six months into

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<v Speaker 2>the new government and what should have been this era

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<v Speaker 2>defining win for Jackie Lamby has turned into this near

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<v Speaker 2>implosion filled with poison and Retrick about disloyalty and people

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<v Speaker 2>who've betrayed the party.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Okay, so where does this begin?

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<v Speaker 6>Rick?

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<v Speaker 1>What were the first signs that something was going wrong

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<v Speaker 1>within the Jackie Lamby network between her and her candidates.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, it's five days after the state election the federal

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<v Speaker 2>Senator Timmy Tyrrell announces that she's quitting the party. And

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<v Speaker 2>she does it in a frankly quite a strange way.

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<v Speaker 7>I want you to hear this from me. I've decided

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<v Speaker 7>to leave the Jackie Lamby Network and become a senator

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<v Speaker 7>for toast Mana in my own right as an independent.

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<v Speaker 7>Jackie is into I hated that she's not happy with

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<v Speaker 7>the way that I've been representing the Jackie Lamby network.

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<v Speaker 5>So i've she does its video, she releases this statement.

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<v Speaker 2>It's very like, oh my god, I love Jackie Lamby

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<v Speaker 2>and I love the network so much, and I never

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<v Speaker 2>want to heard it. But this is like a family breakdown.

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<v Speaker 2>We still love each other, but we can't be together

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<v Speaker 2>kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 6>It's just, you know, like when you're in a marriage

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<v Speaker 6>where somebody's already left, you don't want to be in

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<v Speaker 6>there just for you know, for looks. You actually want

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<v Speaker 6>to break out, do the right thing by the family

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<v Speaker 6>in general, which Tasmania is my family.

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<v Speaker 2>But Lambi also, and this is critical to note, didn't

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<v Speaker 2>really get stuck into her. She just said, Okay, off

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<v Speaker 2>you go.

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<v Speaker 8>Tammy Tyrrel was sacked as a senator under your name

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<v Speaker 8>your state party effectively lasted five months.

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<v Speaker 4>Nobody sack Tammy Tyrrel Teme Tyrell left.

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<v Speaker 2>When I asked Lamby Jackie Lamby about this, she was

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more aggressive. I guess where she's like.

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<v Speaker 2>All I ever asked when we got her up, which

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<v Speaker 2>was you know, got Tammy Tyrrel up in the Senate,

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<v Speaker 2>was that she do what she said she would do,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is put Tasmania first. And then she went

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<v Speaker 2>she said, you know, I don't know why she doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>just say I left because I wanted to leave and

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<v Speaker 2>stop blaming people. There is something that went on there,

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<v Speaker 2>no one actually really knows.

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<v Speaker 5>So Timmy Tyrrell leaves literally five days.

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<v Speaker 2>After the state election, and then five months after the

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<v Speaker 2>state election, Jackie Lamby kicks out two or the three

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<v Speaker 2>Tasmanian MPs that she only just got elected, Miriam Beswick

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<v Speaker 2>and Rebecca Pentland. And now there is one state MP

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<v Speaker 2>in the Tasmanian Party down from.

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<v Speaker 1>Three, right, so she has one seemingly loyal MP left.

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<v Speaker 1>But what happened to these other two tasmanimps, to Miriam

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<v Speaker 1>Beswick and Rebecca Pitland.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is a fascinating part of the story because

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<v Speaker 2>it really depends on who you are. But everyone, no

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<v Speaker 2>matter whose side thereon agrees on the fundamental truth, which

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<v Speaker 2>is that there was a massive breakdown and the relationship

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<v Speaker 2>between Jackie Lamby, Miriam Bethwick and Rebecca Pentland in particular

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<v Speaker 2>had been souring for months and one of the main

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<v Speaker 2>reasons for that was Beswick and Pentland truly believed that

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<v Speaker 2>some of the key staff, the parliamentary staff, the highly

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<v Speaker 2>paid staff that Lambi had scrounged around and found for them,

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<v Speaker 2>were actually spies.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, why did they think that?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that I was like, oh, I can't just

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<v Speaker 2>write that they're spies, and then everyone kept saying no,

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<v Speaker 2>they thought they were spies, including people who are on

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<v Speaker 2>their side, So you know, that's what they thought. Why

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<v Speaker 2>is another matter. You know, if you ask someone like

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<v Speaker 2>Andrew Jenna, he's the one remaining MP, he's saying, well,

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<v Speaker 2>that's just how they felt.

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<v Speaker 6>You know.

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<v Speaker 5>They were new to this, they didn't have any experience.

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<v Speaker 2>They wanted to spread their wings a little bit, but

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<v Speaker 2>these staffers were trying to advise them about how to

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<v Speaker 2>be successful and deal with the parliament, and Beswick in

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<v Speaker 2>Bentland just didn't believe that they had their interests at heart,

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<v Speaker 2>even though they were in this party.

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<v Speaker 5>They treated them terribly, according.

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<v Speaker 2>To some sources within the party, and the staffers felt

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<v Speaker 2>they had no choice but to just walk out. And

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<v Speaker 2>I've tried to triangulate this as much as possible, but

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<v Speaker 2>I ended up speaking to someone else about this.

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<v Speaker 5>His name is Glynn Williams. He's a lawyer. He's been

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<v Speaker 5>a Lamby.

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<v Speaker 2>Consiglieri for over a decade. But he said there were

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<v Speaker 2>not quoting him here, strange aberrations in the establishment of

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<v Speaker 2>the office in Hobart. He said, I don't think that

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<v Speaker 2>that was handled in a collaborative manner, and that must

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<v Speaker 2>have caused confusion to everyone involved, including the staff. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>he said he tried to fix things, that he had

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<v Speaker 2>some frank conversations with Jackie Lamby. She told him apparently

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<v Speaker 2>she rejected his approach in very colorful terms. Those who

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<v Speaker 2>didn't speak for seven weeks after that. And then he

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<v Speaker 2>says he was fired by a letter from Jackie Lamby

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<v Speaker 2>just saying you are no longer need it, so she

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<v Speaker 2>sacks him and then just kind of assumes the mantle

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<v Speaker 2>of president of her own party.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Another person gone.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, as much as he might want to

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<v Speaker 2>have faith in people, you do have to start asking

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<v Speaker 2>questions when quite a few people go missing.

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<v Speaker 5>He's gone.

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<v Speaker 2>They've got a new board, and Pentland and Beswick tried

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<v Speaker 2>to get Jackie Lamby to sign an agreement saying that

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<v Speaker 2>you will not intervene in the affairs of the State.

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<v Speaker 5>Party and you will do this and you will do that.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jackie Lambi's people were like, no, we're not finding that.

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<v Speaker 5>That's this our party.

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<v Speaker 2>And of course Lamby's office view the whole thing is

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<v Speaker 2>in subordination. And it really ed left this wound from

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<v Speaker 2>which it was really difficult to recover, and it fested

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<v Speaker 2>for another three months until the weekend before last when

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<v Speaker 2>Patlan and Beswick were just spectacularly expelled.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming up after the break, the party splits over the

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<v Speaker 1>Spirit of Tasmania. So Rick recently, after months of tension,

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<v Speaker 1>including allegations of spying, Jackie Lambye sacks two of her

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<v Speaker 1>Tasmanian MP's saying that they're not being accountable, they're not

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<v Speaker 1>being transparent. So tell me what tipped things over? Why

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<v Speaker 1>did this happen?

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<v Speaker 2>Now is my favorite part because I've got to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about boats. Two Spirits of Tasmania replacements. Now, anyone who's

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<v Speaker 2>ever been to Tasmania on the back of a boat,

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<v Speaker 2>will have been on the Spirit of Tasmania, these enormous

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<v Speaker 2>ships that.

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<v Speaker 5>Cross about straight.

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<v Speaker 2>The government there for many, many, many years now has

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<v Speaker 2>promised to replace the two spirits of Tasmania at a

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<v Speaker 2>cost of like a billion dollars. So this is like

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<v Speaker 2>and for a state by Tasmania, it's one of the

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<v Speaker 2>biggest infrastructure projects you can possibly have. It's hugely critical

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<v Speaker 2>for the economy, tourism but also you know, productivity in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of the northern half of the state and access

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<v Speaker 2>to mainland Australia.

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<v Speaker 5>It has not gone well. The ships are five years late,

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<v Speaker 5>they're five hundred million dollars over budget.

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<v Speaker 8>The two new spirits were originally meant to arrive three

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<v Speaker 8>years ago at a cost of seven hundred million dollars.

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<v Speaker 8>That price tag has blown out to almost a.

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<v Speaker 2>Billion, and now that they are actually close to being

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<v Speaker 2>arriving in Tasmania, it emerges that the port in Davenport

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<v Speaker 2>does not have a berth that can help.

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<v Speaker 8>The ship's knew birth, that Devenport won't be ready until

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<v Speaker 8>twenty twenty six. With the cost growing from the original

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<v Speaker 8>estimate of ninety million dollars to three hundred and seventy

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<v Speaker 8>five million.

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<v Speaker 2>Despite the fact that this Tasmani owned company, tit Line,

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<v Speaker 2>has been telling everyone that everything's going to be fine

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<v Speaker 2>and the Infrastructure Minister, Michael Ferguson that everything's on time

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<v Speaker 2>and on track. That was not true, and Michael Ferguson

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<v Speaker 2>says he didn't find out until they formed government again,

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<v Speaker 2>despite the fact that he should have been kept in

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<v Speaker 2>the loop. But very few people in Tasmania are willing

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<v Speaker 2>to accept that he was just not told about the

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<v Speaker 2>fact that the biggest infrastructure project in living memory doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have a berth. Now, Jackie Lamby, after all of this,

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<v Speaker 2>and after all of this emerges only in the last

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<v Speaker 2>few weeks comes out and says Michael Ferguson, the minister

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be accountable, he should resign.

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<v Speaker 4>Part of URBO uses holding people accountable and we just

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<v Speaker 4>we did not believe that they were holding Mike Ferguson accountable.

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<v Speaker 2>And Beswick and Pentland two of her MPs who have

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<v Speaker 2>signed an agreement saying they will support the government in

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<v Speaker 2>most circumstances unless there's corruption or malfeasans. Pentland and Beswick

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<v Speaker 2>were just like well, you know what, shouldn't we just

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<v Speaker 2>wait for the Public Affairs Public Accounts Committee to do

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<v Speaker 2>its job and then we can decide what to do. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it really did put us in an awkward position with

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<v Speaker 2>our supplying confidence deal.

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<v Speaker 1>We're here to bring stability.

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<v Speaker 4>We weren't here to hold the government hostage.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, they all agree to stuff up, but they

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<v Speaker 2>were more interested in maintaining the stability of the government,

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<v Speaker 2>whereas Lamby was more interested despite the deal that she negotiated,

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<v Speaker 2>being just putting the boot in. And that's where we

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<v Speaker 2>have this big breakdown.

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<v Speaker 5>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>So it seems like at the heart of this disagreement, Rick,

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<v Speaker 1>is this deal that Jackie Lambe and the MPs made

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<v Speaker 1>with the government. Jackie Lambe seems to not think that's

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<v Speaker 1>important anymore. These MPs seem to think it's very important

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<v Speaker 1>to stick to it. So is this really more about

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<v Speaker 1>them not doing what Jackie Lamby wants and says at

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<v Speaker 1>all times?

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<v Speaker 5>I think this really gets to the numb the issue.

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<v Speaker 2>And to kind of get my head around this, I

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<v Speaker 2>called the Tasmanian based election analyst Kevin Bonham to kind

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<v Speaker 2>of walk me through it. Interestingly enough, he's not just

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<v Speaker 2>an election expert. He's also a recognized expert on landsnails

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<v Speaker 2>in Tasmania. He'd just been out collecting specimen and looking

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<v Speaker 2>for them, which I think is just perfect because, as

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<v Speaker 2>he said, everyone in Tasmania has more than one job,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. Essentially, he said, the agreement is almost universally

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<v Speaker 2>considered to be woeful, but he was saying that really

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<v Speaker 2>the problem is that the original agreement says what it is,

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<v Speaker 2>and then Lamby and her later expectations they do not agree.

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<v Speaker 2>He's saying that she's been all over the place and

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<v Speaker 2>the position from the party was inconsistent I'm quoting in

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<v Speaker 2>and it left the MPs in a really difficult position.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to have an eponymous party where you're

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<v Speaker 2>you know, where what one person says goes, you could

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<v Speaker 2>do that, he says, but you need to sell it

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<v Speaker 2>as such, and they didn't. They sell themselves as sort

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<v Speaker 2>of loose to central network of people who Lamby thinks

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<v Speaker 2>so good. And of course if you look at the

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<v Speaker 2>party pamphulet online, it says we let our members disagree

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<v Speaker 2>with each other, that's okay, we don't want to rule

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<v Speaker 2>people's thoughts. And then when they get elected Lamby wants

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<v Speaker 2>them to do certain things, but that's not the basis

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<v Speaker 2>that they ran under.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so Rick, I think the big question here, though,

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<v Speaker 1>is if you have lost the majority of your MPs,

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<v Speaker 1>do you still have a party or is this the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the Jackie Lamby network?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I mean she's had the network since twenty fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>and was alone for most of that time. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess you do to Andrew Jenna, and he remains

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<v Speaker 2>very loyal. I mean the problem with trying to model

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<v Speaker 2>any political movement on a single person, and so there

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<v Speaker 2>is only one of that single person. By nature, there

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<v Speaker 2>is only one Jackie Lamby, and you're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>have a party of ten of them. It's impossible. And

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<v Speaker 2>so you're going to have agreements. And if you're not

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<v Speaker 2>mature enough to actually sort out a framework or a

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<v Speaker 2>party constitution that actually stipulates when and how this stuff

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<v Speaker 2>should all work, then you're not ready. Few people often are,

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<v Speaker 2>And apart from your dynastic successes like the Katta family,

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<v Speaker 2>even Nick Xenophon, who was incredibly successful for a long time,

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<v Speaker 2>eventually overreached a little bit. You know it, Just what

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<v Speaker 2>do you want out of it?

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<v Speaker 5>I guess it is the question now.

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<v Speaker 2>Jackie Lamby's she started the party because she sort of

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<v Speaker 2>needed to to get herself reelected and it worked. The

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<v Speaker 2>fact that she's still there as a senator is an

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<v Speaker 2>incredible achievement in her own right. But does she have

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<v Speaker 2>what it takes to keep a party together? The signs

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<v Speaker 2>are not good. They're not good.

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<v Speaker 1>Rick, Thank you so much for your time and for

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<v Speaker 1>your reporting.

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<v Speaker 5>Thanks Ruby.

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<v Speaker 1>Also in the news today, the Philippines and China have

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<v Speaker 1>accused each other of intentionally ramming Coastguard vessels in the

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<v Speaker 1>South China See. The most recent collision over the weekend

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<v Speaker 1>and was the fifth maritime incident between the two countries

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<v Speaker 1>in the past month. China claims almost all of the

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<v Speaker 1>South China Sea, despite the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty sixteen it has no legal basis to do so.

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<v Speaker 1>Parts of the area are believed to be rich in

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<v Speaker 1>oil and natural gas deposits, and Scotland may use almost

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred million dollars of Victorian government money to host

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<v Speaker 1>the Commonwealth Games in twenty twenty six Following speculation in

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<v Speaker 1>the British media, Commonwealth Games Scotland said it would not

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<v Speaker 1>need financial support from the government in order to host

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<v Speaker 1>the Games, partly because of the compensation the Victorian government

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<v Speaker 1>page for withdrawing from hosting. National's leader David little Proud

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<v Speaker 1>said the news was an embarrassment that the Victorian government

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<v Speaker 1>has imposed on Australia. I'm Ruby Jones. This is seven am.

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<v Speaker 1>See you tomorrow.