Revealed: taxpayers foot $11.6 million bill for Parliament's citizenship fiasco
The cost of Parliament's dual citizenship imbroglio has been laid bare in the Turnbull government's mid-year budget update.
Taxpayers will fork out $11.6 million in the 2017-18 financial year for legal costs arising from the saga, which has dragged on for nearly half a year and seen a slew of MPs appear before the High Court.
