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If it's the Government doing the apologising (which KRudd has now claimed; as opposed to on behalf of the Australian people), why don't they (politicians) fund the "compensation"? After all, he has made pollies take a pay-cut... Surely there's enough in the Government coffers to manage it without bankrupting the nation... Oh, right - there's not a quid to be made in that scenario.
Wankers, the lot of 'em.