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Former speaker Peter Slipper forced to apologise for threatening to deport international students
Former federal speaker Peter Slipper has been ordered to apologise to two international students after he suggested he might try to have them deported for failing to pay his legal fees.
Key points:
- Peter Slipper resigned as Federal Parliament’s speaker in 2012 amid allegations he had sexually harassed a staff member
- He is now a lawyer and diplomat working from Hobart
- The Legal Profession Board of Tasmania has upheld one complaint against Mr Slipper after he made an “indirect threat” to have two international students deported
In findings published online, the Legal Profession Board of Tasmania has upheld one complaint made against Mr Slipper after the Hobart barrister texted the complainant’s uncle with what the board characterised as “an…
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