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Letter: Legal aid
Wednesday 9 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The miserly $40k budget for legal aid is continuing evidence that our "honourable" members of Parliament honour nothing but their own inflated egos and, in too many cases, inflated bellies.
Stop feeding yourselves lunches at the expense of struggling taxpayers and put some money in the legal aid kitty, and do it today.
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