Awarding $248,000 in legal costs would be a ‘windfall’ for Shane Bazzi, Peter Dutton warns

Opposition leader and refugee activist are in a dispute over costs after Bazzi won defamation case in full federal court

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Peter Dutton has warned that refugee activist Shane Bazzi should not be awarded $248,000 in costs because that would amount to a windfall" on top of donations raised to fund his defamation defence.

Despite Bazzi's win in the full federal court in May, he is still locked in litigation with the Liberal leader, after Dutton's bid to appeal to the high court and a dispute about costs, to be heard in August.

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