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That’s a wrap for Need to Know this Wednesday, April 19.

Here are some of the biggest stories of the day so far:

Andrews says ‘educational’ IBAC report found no corruption: Daniel Andrews says an “educational” IBAC report found no corruption in his government despite the inquiry concluding that staff pressured health department officials to award a $1.2 million contract to a union.

Fox settles ‘historic’ defamation case for $1.2b: The resolution of the unprecedented case was announced at the 11th hour, with a jury selected and the case poised to kick off with opening statements.

Woodside says Coalition ‘missed opportunity’ on emissions talks: Meg O’Neill has taken issue with the Coalition’s opting out of negotiations on the safeguard mechanism and cautioned about damaging relations with allies in Asia over gas.

Private equity senses a money-making opportunity from NDIS: Profits from National Disability Insurance Scheme service providers ballooned 28 per cent to roughly $38 billion over the past five years.

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