WEBVTT - Ben Carroll scraps secret Victorian rail levy

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<v Speaker 1>This is Gabriella Power with your News 24 update. Victoria

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<v Speaker 1>Premier Ben Carroll has announced a secret 1% transport levy

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<v Speaker 1>has been scrapped. It was called a rail improvement charge

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<v Speaker 1>in meetings invoked in part to fund the suburban rail link.

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<v Speaker 1>The Herald Sun reports both the Andrews and Allen governments

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<v Speaker 1>chose to keep news of the charge quiet. The Premier

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<v Speaker 1>reversed the decision this morning.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a Premier who levels with Victorians. And I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to level with Victorians today. I will abolish the rail

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<v Speaker 2>improvement charge. There'll be a proper cabinet process to come.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's my intention and the Treasurer's intention to abolish

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<v Speaker 2>that charge.

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<v Speaker 1>Opposition leader Jess Wilson has told News24 Premier Carroll was

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<v Speaker 1>public transport minister when the charge was invoked. The completion

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<v Speaker 1>of public hearings for the Royal Commission into anti-Semitism has

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<v Speaker 1>prompted a mixed reaction. There are calls for it to

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<v Speaker 1>be extended. When wrapping up the inquiry, Royal Commissioner Virginia

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<v Speaker 1>Bell was confident sufficient evidence has been heard.

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<v Speaker 3>I am satisfied that I am currently in a position

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<v Speaker 3>to give a full and fair account of the term

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<v Speaker 3>of reference which asks whether, in relation to the Bondi-Harnaker

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<v Speaker 3>attack our intelligence and our law enforcement agencies operated or

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<v Speaker 3>performed to maximum effectiveness.

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<v Speaker 1>Former Prime Ministers Tony Abbott and John Howard led parts

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<v Speaker 1>of the Jewish community in suggesting key witnesses were omitted.

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<v Speaker 1>The Executive Council of Australian Jury believes the Commission had

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<v Speaker 1>succeeded in providing an insight into lived Jewish experiences. Queensland

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<v Speaker 1>will be free to continue using gas and coal to

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<v Speaker 1>power data centres, despite the Prime Minister pushing states towards

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<v Speaker 1>renewable energy. Anthony Albanese says national standards will be developed

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<v Speaker 1>for new data centres, but states and territories will retain

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<v Speaker 1>control over how they're powered. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has

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<v Speaker 1>rejected an exclusively renewable approach, arguing reliability must come first.

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<v Speaker 1>The federal government says the new standards will also address

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<v Speaker 1>water use, local communities and Australia's data sovereignty. The alleged

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<v Speaker 1>mastermind behind the 9-11 terror attacks in the United States

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<v Speaker 1>is to stand trial in June 2028, 27 years after

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<v Speaker 1>the atrocities took place. A military judge has ruled the

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<v Speaker 1>long-awaited trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three alleged co-conspirators

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<v Speaker 1>will be held in two years' time. They were captured

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<v Speaker 1>in 2003 and have been held at the US Naval

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<v Speaker 1>Base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba since. He is the

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<v Speaker 1>self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9-11 attacks on September 11, 2001,

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<v Speaker 1>that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people. At least

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<v Speaker 1>seven people are dead and nine people are missing after

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<v Speaker 1>a fire at a gas plant in Russia. The incident

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<v Speaker 1>has occurred in Russia's far eastern region of Amur, which

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<v Speaker 1>borders China. The plant says the fire has been brought

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<v Speaker 1>under control after breaking out on Tuesday. Initial reports suggest

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<v Speaker 1>that six of the deceased, alongside all those missing, are

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<v Speaker 1>Chinese nationals. The plant is reported to be one of

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<v Speaker 1>the largest petrochemical facilities in the world. Be the first

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