{"id":43931,"date":"2020-09-03T08:33:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T23:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=43931"},"modified":"2020-09-03T08:34:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T23:04:36","slug":"mps-break-their-silence-over-icac-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/david-and-will-2\/mps-break-their-silence-over-icac-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs Break Their Silence Over ICAC Investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three state MPs at the centre of an <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/david-and-will-2\/three-mps-are-being-investigated-for-potential-criminal-conduct-and-more-have-been-spoken-to\/\">ICAC investigation into the use of the country members allowance<\/a> say they \u201cvehemently deny any allegation of criminality\u201d and will fight to clear their names.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Terry Stephens, Adrian Pederick and Fraser Ellis have issued a statement to FIVEAA Breakfast, which reads in part:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cContrary to what has been publicly suggested, several weeks ago we advised the former commissioner that we wished to cooperate with his investigation to the extent that we were able to do so\u2026 at no stage have we sought to hide behind parliamentary privilege or to frustrate the commissioner\u2019s investigation. None of us has actually asserted parliamentary privilege\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cWe each vehemently deny any allegation of criminality. We will fully cooperate with any lawful requests as the public rightly expect us to do. Most of all we look forward to clearing our names\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FULL STATEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Breaking?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Breaking<\/a> @ 8: Country MPs Terry Stephens, Adrian Pederick and Fraser Ellis have broken their silence on the ICAC investigation to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIVEAABreakfast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FIVEaaBreakfast<\/a>. Read their statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0oF0NNZ5lA\">pic.twitter.com\/0oF0NNZ5lA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; David &amp; Will (@FIVEAABreakfast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIVEAABreakfast\/status\/1301290283842191360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WATCH LIVE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-facebook wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEAA\/videos\/1282158132126221\/\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three state MPs at the centre of an ICAC investigation into the use of the country members allowance say they \u201cvehemently deny any allegation of criminality\u201d and will fight to clear their names. 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