House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
2009-09-10 Daily Xml

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GOVERNMENT LITIGATION

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (15:06): My question is again to the Attorney-General. What are the estimated legal costs the taxpayer will incur as a result of last week's full court of the Supreme Court decision in Thompson v Dutton 2009 SASC 270?

The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON (Croydon—Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:06): An independent statutory corporation decided to prosecute an individual and they were not successful. It is all there on the court record for anyone to read.