A senior member of the Opposition’s front bench I expected to face charges over a traffic incident last year. Alice Spring MLA Joshua Burgoyne is refusing to front cameras after his party confirmed he is under investigation by police. The Opposition is under pressure to “answer questions” over the incident.
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00:00 A week is a long time in politics.
00:04 He needs to resign and he needs to resign now.
00:07 Just days ago the opposition were taking aim at another government chair scandal.
00:12 Now the tables have turned.
00:15 With the bombshell the country liberal's Josh Burgoyne is under investigation by police.
00:20 The party today confirming the member for Breitling is expected to be charged over a crash in Alice Springs in August.
00:28 The government demanding to know why Leah Finocchiaro didn't tell the public about the crash when it happened or in parliament this week.
00:37 That's what she should have done as soon as she found out.
00:40 The only way we'll find out the actual truth of it is if the member for Breitling and the leader of the opposition Leah Finocchiaro come in front of the cameras and answer those questions.
00:48 But there was no fronting of the cameras today.
00:51 Opposition leader Leah Finocchiaro and the man at the centre of these charges Josh Burgoyne deciding to decline several requests for interviews from the ABC.
01:02 Instead the opposition leader issued a statement saying Josh Burgoyne would likely be charged in relation to the accident.
01:10 He immediately informed me.
01:12 Police haven't said what the charges will be or when Mr Burgoyne will front court.
01:17 course.
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