Sally Rugg accepts $100,000 to settle workplace dispute with MP Monique Ryan

Payment to former chief of staff involves no admission of fault by member for Kooyong or government

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Monique Ryan's former chief of staff Sally Rugg has settled her workplace law case against the independent MP and the commonwealth for $100,000.

The settlement, first reported by the Age and independently confirmed by Guardian Australia, involves no admission of fault by the member for Kooyong or the federal government.

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