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Breaking: COP’s out: Bowen cedes climate summit to Turkey · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from the Australian. I'm christinaming it with
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  Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. The fierce battle for next year's
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  Speaker 1: COP thirty one Climate Summit has been won, and not
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  Speaker 1: by Australia. Chris Bowen effectively seated hosting rights to Turkey
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday morning, following a month's long bidding process. But
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  Speaker 1: the Climate Change and Energy Minister isn't prepared to give
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  Speaker 1: up completely. He wants to be installed as the summit's president.
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  Speaker 2: As COP President of Negotiations, I would have all the
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  Speaker 2: powers of the COP Presidency are to manage to handle
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  Speaker 2: the negotiations to a point, coacilitators to beare draft text
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  Speaker 2: to issue the covered decision. Obviously, it's tradition that the
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  Speaker 2: COP President is the host and handles the venues and
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  Speaker 2: the operation of the COP.
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  Speaker 3: If Turkey accepts the compromise, meetings would be held in
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  Speaker 3: the Pacific Islands in the run up to the main
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  Speaker 3: event to raise funds for the Pacific Climate Resilience Fund.
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  Speaker 3: Former Senator Linda Reynolds warned Prime Minister Anthony Albanzi on
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  Speaker 3: Wednesday his comments about the alleged conduct of two of
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  Speaker 3: his senior ministers aren't protected by parliamentary privilege. In twenty
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  Speaker 3: twenty one, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Finance Minister Katie
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  Speaker 3: Gallagher accused Reynolds of covering up the rape of former
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  Speaker 3: staffer Britney Higgins inside Parliament House. Reynolds also accused the
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  Speaker 3: PM of using Higgins's ordeal to deflect from findings by
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  Speaker 3: two judges that there was no cover up of the
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  Speaker 3: incident by the Liberal Party. New South Wales Liberal leader
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  Speaker 3: Mark Speakman is adamant he's not going anywhere. Speculation about
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  Speaker 3: a challenge from first term MP Kelly Sloane has swirled
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  Speaker 3: for days, but Speakman says the former TV presenter doesn't
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  Speaker 3: have enough experience to take the top job.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I deserve to stay a bit about what I
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  Speaker 4: deserve it to be, what is the best interests of
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  Speaker 4: the party and the people of New South Wales. I
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  Speaker 4: offer experience, resilience, grit determination to lead the party to
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  Speaker 4: the next selection. That's what I offer and I believe
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  Speaker 4: that's what the Liberal Party needs and that will best
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  Speaker 4: serve the people of New South Wales.
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  Speaker 3: Do you think Kelly Sloane's not up to it?
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  Speaker 4: Kelly Sloan is fantastic. We are blessed. We are blessed
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  Speaker 4: to have a deep talent pool in New South Wales.
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  Speaker 4: We've got some terrific first term MPs and Kelly Sloane
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  Speaker 4: is one of them. She's a wonderful addition to the
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  Speaker 4: Liberal team.
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  Speaker 1: Check out those stories live right now at the Australian
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  Speaker 1: first thing in the morning for the long awaited return
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  Speaker 1: of one of sport's greatest rivalries, the Ashes Test cricket Series.