{"id":45955,"date":"2020-10-13T08:40:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T22:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=45955"},"modified":"2020-10-13T08:40:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T22:10:44","slug":"some-major-legal-action-could-be-on-the-way-over-expense-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/some-major-legal-action-could-be-on-the-way-over-expense-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Some \u201cMajor Legal Action\u201d Could Be On The Way Over Expense Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At least one South Australian MP will consider suing for defamation when the ICAC inquiry into the country members\u2019 travel allowance is concluded, reports FIVEAA Breakfast\u2019s David Penberthy.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Penbo said during Tuesday\u2019s Breaking @ 8 segment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis scandal claimed three ministers and also a senior front bencher in Terry Stephens. We understand that these guys \u2013 not sure if it\u2019s one, two, three or all four of them \u2013 are of a mind that they are no longer prepared to take the allegations that have been levelled against them media-wise lying down\u2026<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s not my job to get involved in a who\u2019s right or who\u2019s wrong battle about the way another media outlet chooses to cover the story, but what I do know is there has been some pretty ferocious correspondence doing the rounds.<\/p><p>\u201cWhen the dust settles with the ICAC inquiry it sounds very much like there could be some major legal action seeking redress for what Mr Stephens and potentially other MPs regard as defamation\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WATCH DAVID &amp; WILL\u2019S LIVE STREAM HERE:<\/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\/704004033882760\/\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one South Australian MP will consider suing for defamation when the ICAC inquiry into the country members\u2019 travel allowance is concluded, reports FIVEAA Breakfast\u2019s David Penberthy. 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