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When the Scott Morrison government paid Josh Frydenberg’s sexual assault victim Rachelle Miller $500,000, to silence her 5 weeks before the 21st of May 2022 federal election, that set the benchmark for the government to pay Brittany Higgins $2.4 million in December 2022 for being raped by Bruce Lehrmann at parliament house.
It must be noted that Brittany Higgins received $1.9 million after costs and spent an estimated $1 million or more on legal fees defending a defamation case by Linda Reynolds. So, it is possible Rachelle Miller ended up with more.