Crikey has made the decision today to remove a piece written by Guy Rundle that asserted the consultation process over Brittany Higgins’ compensation was “stunningly rapid”. That is not correct — Higgins lodged her claim in March 2022 while the Morrison government was still in office, and it was not settled until December 2022, seven months after the election of the current government.
The piece also repeats the false assertion that the “figure is believed to be $3 million”. There is no factual basis for the $3 million figure; Higgins has publicly said that figure was her initial claim but that the final figure was much lower than that.
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