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Until now, we\u2019ve only been able to make educated guesses about what Daniel Andrews<\/strong> has made of the furore that\u2019s been kicked up in certain quarters over the very suggestion that the former premier might join the Portsea Golf Club.<\/p>\n

Well, now we know what he reckons, and it\u2019s typically to the point.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Andrews in golfing mode back when he was state opposition leader.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Julian Kingma<\/cite><\/p>\n

Andrews has had a lot to say in the past few days, appearing at a St Kilda synagogue on Saturday to voice his support for Melbourne\u2019s Jewish community and then showing up at Joy FM\u2019s annual general meeting on Monday at the Victorian Pride Centre in St Kilda.<\/p>\n

An impassioned defence of transgender rights from Andrews came with the trademark barbs against those behind a failed push for a parliamentary inquiry into gender-affirming care in the state\u2019s hospitals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t need a bunch of politicians, who none of you have ever heard of, and the ones you have heard of, not for the right reasons, having an inquiry into whether there should be [trans health] services at the [Royal Children\u2019s Hospital],\u201d he said. \u201cThese matters are settled.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrews seems to be enjoying his post-politics licence to be a little more \u201cfrank\u201d, which brought him to the matter of golf.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got a little more freedom these days and whether this makes it onto a front page of a newspaper tomorrow, I doubt it,\u201d the former premier told the audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve got more interesting things to worry about, like where I am, or where I\u2019m not, playing golf, apparently.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for all that bullshit, there\u2019s a very serious point to be made here.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery single thing that\u2019s been achieved, none of it was easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

COURT OUT<\/h3>\n

Just months ago, Seven insisted it had not paid former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann<\/strong> for an interview with the network\u2019s Spotlight<\/em> program.<\/p>\n

\u201c7NEWS Spotlight<\/em> made no payment to Bruce Lehrmann for the interview. However, the program assisted with accommodation as part of the filming of the story,\u201d was the official line.<\/p>\n

That story fell apart in the Federal Court on Tuesday, when, under cross-examination from barrister Sue Chrysanthou, SC<\/b>, Lehrmann admitted the Kerry Stokes<\/strong>-controlled network was paying his accommodation costs for a year.<\/p>\n

Lehrmann is suing Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson<\/strong> for defamation, alleging an episode of The Project<\/em> accused him of raping fellow staffer Brittany Higgins<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A criminal trial over Higgins\u2019 allegations was aborted last year after juror misconduct, and the charges were dropped by ACT prosecutors.<\/p>\n

Media insiders held suspicions over Seven\u2019s line, which made it look like it just covered a few nights in a hotel, after Lehrmann\u2019s legal team had made it clear to other journalists that he wouldn\u2019t be going on camera without payment.<\/p>\n

As for how much Seven is paying, well Chrysanthou seemed incredulous when Lehrmann said in court on Tuesday that he didn\u2019t know the figure. We reckon it\u2019s not cheap.<\/p>\n

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Bruce Lehrmann leaves court on Tuesday.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Kate Geraghty<\/cite><\/p>\n

Similar apartments in the Sydney ocean-side block where Lehrmann was living were being rented for between $1200 and $1500 a week. He\u2019s since moved to a northern beaches three-bedder with sweeping ocean views, where the rent recently doubled to $2500 a week. For a whole year, we could be looking at an amount in the six figures.<\/p>\n

Seven\u2019s piece of chequebook journalism was nominated for scoop of the year at last week\u2019s Walkley Awards. It didn\u2019t win.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Walkley Foundation told CBD it was \u201cconsidering its position\u201d after learning what Seven had paid for its \u201cscoop\u201d.<\/p>\n

Seven, meanwhile, kept on spinning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe said at the time we were assisting Bruce Lehrmann with his accommodation costs. It was well reported back then,\u201d a spokesperson said. \u201cThe 7NEWS Spotlight<\/em> report was rightfully judged by the esteemed Walkley Foundation as one of the top three scoops of 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n

We reckon those judges might have viewed things differently if they knew what it cost.<\/p>\n

LATE STUFF<\/h3>\n

Not many of us can honestly say we\u2019ve never missed a deadline, but the Victorian Liberals have managed to produce an instant classic of that genre.<\/p>\n

Party insiders were fuming on Tuesday as news trickled out that the Liberals\u2019 submission to a crucial Australian Electoral Commission review of federal electoral boundaries in the state \u2013 a review that is expected to abolish one of Victoria\u2019s 39 seats in the national parliament \u2013 had missed the commission\u2019s deadline on Friday.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve asked Liberal state director Stuart Smith<\/strong> for a chat about what the hell happened, and we haven\u2019t heard back, but what is clear is that the Liberals\u2019 124-page effort \u2013 the result of \u201cmany hours\u201d of work by a party committee \u2013 does not appear among the 63 submissions on the site.<\/p>\n

But, in a bit of a lifeline really, the commission said the party could still submit its work as a comment on the existing suggestions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Liberal Party can include their submission during this time to be considered by the Redistribution Committee,\u201d an AEC spokesperson said. \u201cAll written comments on suggestions, along with the suggestions, will be considered.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the record, the Liberal committee recommended, not surprisingly, that either Labor cabinet minister Brendan O\u2019Connor\u2019s<\/strong> seat of Gorton; Fraser, held by another ALP type, Daniel Mulino;<\/b> or Bill Shorten\u2019s <\/b>seat of Maribyrnong should be the one for the chop.<\/p>\n

Labor concluded that the fair and decent thing was to abolish Liberal Aaron Violi\u2019s<\/strong> outer eastern seat of Casey, which will give you a sense of how these things work.<\/p>\n

The Nationals, the Greens, the ALP and many others, including, intriguingly, the Punjabi Club of Victoria, managed to get their act together and file their submissions on time, so we will be interested to hear what happened to the blue team\u2019s homework.<\/p>\n

YULE BEAUTY<\/h3>\n

We thought that the bunch of federal parliamentary crossbenchers with their Love Actually-<\/em>themed Christmas Party had set the benchmark for naff this festive season.<\/p>\n

But maybe we spoke too soon. Labor\u2019s Social Services Minister, Amanda Rishworth<\/strong>, and Veterans\u2019 Affairs Minister, Matt Keogh<\/strong>, have set themselves up in open rivalry for whose office can lay on the Christmas schmaltz the thickest.<\/p>\n

The battle is under way for the title of best Christmas tree in the ministerial wing, Rishworth\u2019s or Keogh\u2019s, in a duel they\u2019ve dubbed \u201cRishmass versus Mattmess\u201d. All ballots cast require a donation to the Giving Tree Foundation.<\/p>\n

Whichever of the trees makes the most money wins one leg of the contest, and the overall prize is to be awarded on Wednesday morning by House Speaker Milton Dick<\/strong> and Senate President Sue Lines<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And what a job those two will have. Rishworth has a real tree and fake fireplace, going up against Keogh\u2019s inflatables, plus baubles with his face on them.<\/p>\n

God bless us, every one.<\/p>\n

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