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Sue Eden
"The Government has done a deal with the Greens to get a bill passed through Parliament under urgency that will allow compensation awarded to prisoners to be handed over to their victims. But Opposition MPs say this is the worst possible result because it means prisoners can still be paid compensation which they argue should not happen in the first place. "