The federal government requires former One Nation senator Rod Culleton to pay back $200,000-a-year salary he earned as a senator and the amount he spent for his staff along with other expenses after the High Court found he was not qualified to run for election. Culleton reportedly plans to take his case to the highest court in the British legal system to have the decision overruled.
The former senator has confirmed he received a letter from the Finance Department that advised him he was legally required to pay back his salary and expenses. “It’s saying all expenses, I think right down to all the stationery in the office,” he told AM.
Culleton, who was declared bankrupt in December, said he is in the process of compiling a s…
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