Former speaker Peter Slipper forced to apologise for threatening to deport international students MonMonday 28 updated TueTuesday 29 Former speaker Peter Slipper now works in Hobart. (File photo - 2014) ( Print text only Cancel Former federal speaker Peter Slipper has been ordered to apologise to two international students after he suggested he might try to have them deported for failing to pay his legal fees. Key points: Peter Slipper resigned as Federal Parliament's speaker in 2012 amid allegations he had sexually harassed a staff member He is now a lawyer and diplomat working from Hobart The Legal Profession Board of Tasmania has upheld one complaint against Mr Slipper after he made an "indirect threat" to have two international students deported