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Former Speaker, and soon-to-be ambassador to Ireland, Trevor Mallard’s decision to issue Winston Peters with a trespass notice from Parliament cost taxpayers’ more than $23,000 in legal fees.

[…] Chris Bishop says this is Mallard’s “final insult to taxpayers'”.

“He’s cost the taxpayer another $23,500 in legal bills because of his illegal attempts to trespass a former Deputy Prime Minister and a bunch of other MPs from the Parliamentary forecourt, after the protests earlier this year.”

Along with Peters, Mallard issued the trespass notices to former Act leader Rodney Hide, former Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox, former NZ First list MP Darroch Ball and former National MP – turned Democracy NZ leader – Matt King in early May.

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