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In a rare public statement on Wednesday afternoon, Andrews said the report found “no evidence whatsoever to to support the false and completely outrageous claims that I had been blackmailed to force a favourable outcome” for the UFU and its members. “These claims were baseless when they were made almost a decade ago, and they remain baseless today,” he said. She died from cancer in 2022. Ibac said new board was appointed through an “opaque and non-competitive process.” Ibac found the undisclosed deal allowed Marshall to “exert extraordinary influence over the negotiations” and later on the MFB EBA, which ended up with many of the same terms.