Why the haste to settle? Surely the commonwealth government has many claims they need to work through, they employ a lot of people and there must be all sorts claims and legal matters going on.
Why did Higgins get fast tracked? The trial was only aborted a couple of weeks ago. Why does she get superstar treatment?
Why the secrecy? This is taxpayers money, not a matter of national security. There should be full and open disclosure of what has been paid out and the terms that it was paid under.
Here's what we know are facts. Higgins went to parliament house of her own free will. Albeit under the influence of alcohol. She wasn't forced to go there.
Her and Lehrmann passed through security and went into the Ministerial offices. What happened between then, and when she was found by security the next morning, we will likely never ever know.
Nothing has been proven in a court of law. Both people involved have provided their account but it's not going to be tested in a court.
Lehrmann was sacked.
Higgins has been paid our massive dollars.
I simply ask WHY? For being called a lying cow? Is that worth millions? What is the payment for? People slave their guts out for a lifetime and still don't earn eanywhere near what this payout is rumoured to be.
The whole thing is utter bullshit as far as I am concerned.
Taxpayers bent over again. Terrible terrible decision-making by the alp commonwealth government.
