Taxpayers had to stump up the $ 600,000 legal bill for a workers ' compensation claim by a public servant who was injured during a motel sex romp it was revealed on Wednesday . The infamous ‘ sex-in-a-motel claim ’ rumbled on for six years after the woman suffered cuts to her nose and mouth as well as ‘ psychological injuries ’ . This all came about when a glass light fitting was pulled from the wall of the motel room as she had ‘ vigorous ’ sex with a local man in Nowra in November 2007 . Public Service Minister Eric Abetz is making changes to the federal workplace insurer aimed at cracking down on ‘ rorting and malingering ' Public Service Minister Eric Abetz revealed the cost of the claim as he engineered changes to the federal workplace insurer aimed at cracking down on ‘ rorting and malingering ’ , by Commonwealth bureaucrats . The unidentified 'libidinous ' bureaucrat eventually lost her case in the High Court but left the Commonwealth with a legal bill topping $ 600,000 , including the costs of the bureaucrat 's own lawyers and barristers . ‘ The flaws in the system were highlighted in lurid terms by the infamous `` hotel room sex case '' , where a Commonwealth public servant successfully sought workers compensation for an injury sustained on a work trip , after hours , while engaging in sexual activity , ’ the minister says in The Canberra Times . The unidentified 'libidinous ' bureaucrat eventually lost her case in the High Court but left the Commonwealth with a legal bill topping $ 600,000 . ‘ Thankfully the decision was ultimately overturned by the High Court , but at significant cost to the scheme , which had to pay more than $ 600,000 in legal costs to defend the spurious claim , including for the legal costs of the libidinous claimant. ’ Legislation introduced to the Parliament on Wednesday can save federal government agencies up to $ 50 million in their insurance premiums each year by making sweeping reforms to the much-maligned public service compensation scheme . Senator Abetz said that , rather than paying them to stay at home , his reforms would help turn Comcare into an insurer that helped get injured public servants back to work .
The infamous ‘ sex-in-a-motel claim ’ rumbled on for six years . Claimant had cuts to nose and mouth as well as ‘ psychological injuries ’ This occurred during ‘ vigorous ’ sex with a local man in Nowra . The unidentified 'libidinous ' bureaucrat lost her case in the High Court . In an interview, she said that when she was first raped by the same man, he told her it would be over after two weeks but then continued until they were both unconscious.