WEBVTT - Daniel Andrews claims IBAC report clears him

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel Andrews says the IBAC report on corruption in his

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<v Speaker 1>government has cleared him of claims that he'd been blackmailed

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<v Speaker 1>by the United Firefighters Union in a state been issued

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<v Speaker 1>last night following the release of the report yesterday. The

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<v Speaker 1>former Victorian premier says these claims were baseless when they

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<v Speaker 1>were made almost a decade ago, and they remained baseless today.

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<v Speaker 1>For the record and the avoidance of any doubt, there

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<v Speaker 1>are no findings in relation to corrupt conduct made about

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<v Speaker 1>me any other member of the government or the public service.

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<v Speaker 1>That is a fact, he says. The state opposition leader

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<v Speaker 1>Jess Wilson has vowed to put an end to alleged

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<v Speaker 1>corruption and improve credibility if she wins the upcoming state election.

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<v Speaker 1>The Climate Change Minister has got some more expenses more

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<v Speaker 1>than a few. He spent more than three hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>forty five thousand taxpayer dollars to travel the world and

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<v Speaker 1>spook his net zero ambitions. The latest travel expense reports

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<v Speaker 1>for mister Bowen and his staff for the last financial

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<v Speaker 1>year reveal an average of seven and a half thousand

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<v Speaker 1>dollars a day, which was spent on international travel over

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<v Speaker 1>forty six days. Some of the travel expenses included in

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<v Speaker 1>the report include over forty one thousand dollars for a

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<v Speaker 1>six day trip to Germany and Singapore and eleven day

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<v Speaker 1>trip to Brazil and Chile totally nearly eighty thousand dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>more than one hundred and eighteen thousand dollars for nine

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<v Speaker 1>days in the US, and a seven day trip through China,

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<v Speaker 1>Hong Kong, India, and Sri Lanka, which cost about fifty

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<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars. An analysis of flight distance calculations estimates that

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Bowen's overseas travel covered nearly one hundred and seventy

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<v Speaker 1>thousand kilometers, which is just under half the distance between

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<v Speaker 1>the Earth and Moon. The opposition leader has warned housing

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<v Speaker 1>shortages will last another seven years under the federal government's

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<v Speaker 1>migration plans. The coalition released analysis this week indicating migration

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<v Speaker 1>levels under Labour will remain ahead of new home constructions

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<v Speaker 1>until at least twenty thirty three. The Home Affairs Minister

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<v Speaker 1>Tony Burk's immigration program is supposed to keep migration levels

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<v Speaker 1>at two forty five thousand for twenty six twenty seven

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<v Speaker 1>those years. It coincides with Tony Burk canceling that National

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<v Speaker 1>Press Club address that was supposed to be on today

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<v Speaker 1>because some elements of his speech couldn't be finalized with

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<v Speaker 1>enough time to spare. The war in Ukraine is becoming

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<v Speaker 1>deadly for civilians. The capital of Kiev and surrounding areas

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<v Speaker 1>have come under the deadliest strikes this year, leaving seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>people dead. Eight of those people died waiting on their

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<v Speaker 1>morning trains. President Voladimirzelinski is urging his nation's allies to

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<v Speaker 1>bolster Ukraine's stock of ballistic interceptors. Eleven people have been

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<v Speaker 1>injured in an Israeli air strike which struck southern Lebanon.

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<v Speaker 1>Lebanon's health ministry says it's one of Israel's deadliest bombings

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<v Speaker 1>since the start of the June ceasefire. Israel reportedly carried

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<v Speaker 1>out the strike in southern Lebanon, hitting a cemetery. The

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<v Speaker 1>Idea of issued a displacement order about thirty minutes before

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<v Speaker 1>the strike, claiming it was destroying Hesbeler's infrastructure in the area,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Iranian backed Huthis they're threatening to intensify attacks

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<v Speaker 1>in the northern Red Sea. The group has claimed responsibility

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<v Speaker 1>for two attacks on Saudi oil tankers. A spokesman for

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<v Speaker 1>the group claims one of the vessels was forced to

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<v Speaker 1>turn back after being struck by a ballistic missile. The

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<v Speaker 1>latest escalation follows a declaration from the group that they

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<v Speaker 1>would blockade all Saudi shipping. The group has claimed to

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<v Speaker 1>have attacked eight ships since launching the blockade so far,

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<v Speaker 1>but Saudi authorities have not responded to these most recent claims.