Melbourne, July 22 : Australian taxpayers will have to foot the bill for Indian born surgeon Jayant Patel’s living costs while he is on bail, Queensland Liberal Leader Mark McArdle has said.
McArdle said he believed a trial could be two or three years away.
“This would never had happened if the Beattie-Bligh Government had not put him on a plane business class to fly to the United States,” he said.
“I think people are going to be incensed, very upset and very angry and they can again lay the blame right at the foot of this Government for doing the wrong thing from day one,” McArdle added.