Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

As I understand it, the matter was obviously settled, and the intrinsic nature of settlements is the fact that they often occur prior to the matter going to any court or other tribunal. I don't have personal knowledge about, and nor does the advice in front of me indicate, how long those discussions were engaged in for. I would make the point that these are matters that are settled in accordance with legal principle and practice, and I'm advised that the parties agreed that the terms of the settlement are confidential.