Judge rules Slipper charges to stand
Peter Slipper in parliament. (AAP) AAP
The dishonesty case against former Speaker Peter Slipper will continue after his lawyers failed for a third time to have the charges dropped.
Slipper is charged with misusing about $900 of taxpayer funds to visit wineries outside Canberra on three separate occasions in 2010.
He admits using Commonwealth Cabcharge vouchers to pay for the trips but denies acting dishonestly.
Slipper's lawyers applied to have the charges dropped, arguing the prosecution failed to prove the winery trips were not part of federal parliamentary business.
ACT Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker ruled on Thursday that the evidence could prove the former MP's guilt and ordered the case to continue.
Slipper faces up to a year in prison and fines totalling $10,000.
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