WEBVTT - Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘suicide note’ revealed

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with

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<v Speaker 1>the Front's afternoon headlines. A suicide note purportedly written by

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<v Speaker 1>the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was unsealed by an American

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<v Speaker 1>federal judge on Wednesday. The document was part of a

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<v Speaker 1>case involving one of Epstein's former cellmates, who claimed he

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<v Speaker 1>found the document in mid twenty nineteen. Epstein died by

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<v Speaker 1>suicide in a Manhattan jail a month later while awaiting

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<v Speaker 1>trial on sex trafficking charges. The US Department of Justice

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<v Speaker 1>has separately released a tranch of files from its investigation

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<v Speaker 1>into the disgraced financiers alleged crimes. The purported handwritten suicide

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<v Speaker 1>note wasn't included in the so called Epstein files and

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't been verified by the authorities. It says, quote they

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<v Speaker 1>investigated me for a month, found nothing. It's a treat

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to choose one's time, to say goodbye.

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<v Speaker 1>What you want me to do? Bust out crime, no fun,

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<v Speaker 1>not worth it. Epstein's former cellmate, a convicted murderer named

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<v Speaker 1>Nicholas Tatalione, said he found the letter in twenty nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>and gave it to his lawyers. Twenty percent of gas

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<v Speaker 1>extracted in Australia will have to be set aside for

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<v Speaker 1>domestic use. It'll mean cheaper gas for business and households

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<v Speaker 1>along the East Coast, according to Energy Minister Chris Bowen

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<v Speaker 1>and Resources Minister Madeline King says the reserve will ensure

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<v Speaker 1>gas prices here in Australia aren't affected by the wild

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<v Speaker 1>fluctuations on international markets caused by conflict in the Middle

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<v Speaker 1>East and Europe. Western Australia already has a gas reservation

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<v Speaker 1>policy for gas extracted on shore. The new policy applies

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<v Speaker 1>only to offshore extraction in waters controlled by the Commonwealth.

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<v Speaker 1>Manufacturers love the new policy, and the government says it's

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<v Speaker 1>been designed in close consultation with the gas producers who

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<v Speaker 1>run offshore extraction rigs. They will be allowed to keep

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<v Speaker 1>them current contracts as they are, but we'll need to

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<v Speaker 1>set aside the twenty percent from July twenty twenty seven on.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure there'll be gas companies. As I said, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not being critical of them. They would prefer let a

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<v Speaker 2>rip do whatever you like, no government intervention. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>our approach. Our approach is this is Australian gas, so

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<v Speaker 2>Australian should have first go at it. I understand some

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<v Speaker 2>companies would prefer no regulation. They're entitled to darent titled well,

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<v Speaker 2>but of course they're going to argue that right. Of

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<v Speaker 2>course they would say that, wouldn't they right? But well,

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<v Speaker 2>they'd also just prefer no government involvement in the gas market.

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<v Speaker 2>That's not our approach because we want to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>it works on behalf.

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<v Speaker 1>Of all Australians, Boe says. It means will no longer

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<v Speaker 1>be subject to the regular warnings of blackouts because all

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<v Speaker 1>our gas is going off shore. The government has rejected

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<v Speaker 1>earlier plans for a new tax on gas. Check out

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<v Speaker 1>those stories live right now at the Australian dot com

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<v Speaker 1>dot au and come back to the front first thing

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning for our look at why a senior

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<v Speaker 1>coalition figure would be pushing and shoving with one nation

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<v Speaker 1>volunteers at a country polling booth. That's right here, Friday morning,