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'Absolute joke': big bill for legal advice for MPs and staff

Katie Burgess
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:22pm, first published November 18 2020 - 4:30am
The culture within Parliament House is under the microscope. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
The culture within Parliament House is under the microscope. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

The Department of Finance spent nearly half a million dollars on legal advice relating to MPs and their staff in six years, despite having no ability to take adverse action if a complaint is upheld.

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Katie Burgess

Katie Burgess

Federal politics reporter

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