Canberra looks to get back $40m from Qatar bid

By Adrian Proszenko, Heath Aston
Updated June 13 2014 - 6:13am, first published 3:00am

The Abbott government will consider legal action to recoup more than $40 million wasted on Australia's futile bid to host the 2022 football World Cup, won by oil-rich Qatar on the back of alleged systematic bribery.

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