The premier’s man started a fight that went to the high court. Taxpayers get the bill for both sides

Taxpayers shelled out more than $650,000 for both sides of a high-stakes court case launched by Premier Chris Minns’ chief of staff, which stripped the parliament’s upper house of its power to compel witnesses to attend hearings.

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