<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kathleen Folbigg has lashed the NSW attorney-general's "woefully inadequate and ethically indefensible" $2 million compensation offer for her two decades of wrongful imprisonment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Folbigg, once dubbed Australia's worst female serial killer, was convicted in 2003 of killing her four children, Patrick, Sarah, Laura and Caleb, between 1989 and 1999.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was released in 2023 and had her convictions quashed. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/rio-tinto-looking-to-cut-annual-sick-leave-down-from-45-to-12-days-for-iron-ore-workers/607a605a-f24e-4da1-aa2c-e39db8178cd0" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Rio Tinto moves to slash sick leave from 45 to 12 days for Pilbara workers</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Folbigg made an application for an ex gratia payment — a voluntary payment without any legal obligation and typically made out of goodwill — for her wrongful imprisonment to avoid suing the state.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley has assessed her application and offered her $2 million today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The decision follows thorough and extensive consideration of the materials and issues raised in Ms Folbigg's application and provided by her legal representatives," his office said in a statement. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/kathleen-folbigg-lashes-attorney-generals-woefully-inadequate-2-million-compensation-offer/9e990a85-b48e-4bd8-8c97-e147d6710d63" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The decision has been communicated to Ms Folbigg via her legal representatives." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/newcastle-missing-woman-body-found-police/eb994518-ac1a-4072-b34c-a473e2b51f68" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Police find body in search for woman missing for three months</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Folbigg's solicitor, however, said the offer was "profoundly unfair and unjust".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The sum offered is a moral affront — woefully inadequate and ethically indefensible," Rhanee Rego said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The system has failed Kathleen Folbigg once again.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Kathleen lost her four children; she lost 20 of the best years of her life; and she continues to feel the lasting effects of this ongoing trauma.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The payment does not reflect the extent of the pain and suffering Kathleen has endured. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This should be about the system recognising the significance of what it did to her."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-to-outlaw-sexually-explicit-deepfake-images/15a2824c-b72d-49b0-8221-356140a8b73d" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>NSW to toughen laws on sexually-explicit deepfake images</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When Lindy Chamberlain was exonerated for the death of her baby in 1994, she received $1.7 million for three years behind bars. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The following year, David Eastman was offered $3 million after spending 19 years in prison for murder, but challenged the payment and was awarded $7 million.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 2014, Henry Keogh was paid $2.57 million after his conviction for killing his fiancée was overturned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Folbigg, through her solicitor, is calling for an inquiry to understand how the state government decided on the figure.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Kathleen Folbigg's fight should be over. 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