Original sentence: FWA's Terry Nassios, citing a newspaper report, stated the $15,000 had been repaid by Jeff Jackson in settlement of three payments of $5,000 identified as "back pay" dishonestly claimed.In his speech to the House of Representatives on May 21, 2012, Thomson claimed that Jeff Jackson, a former HSU executive member and the former husband of HSU National Secretary Kathy Jackson was responsible the spending on prostitutes.The FWA report stated that Jackson had "settled and repaid the HSU in 2009 an undisclosed amount in a confidential settlement following allegations of using a union credit card at the named escort agencies in Sydney;" (page 466).This claim was also previously made by HSU branch president Pauline Fegan.When asked by Fair Work Australia to clarify his claim about Jackson, Thomson declined to provide any details, citing legal advice
Edited sentence: However, as Nassios pointed out, citing a newspaper report, the $15,000 had been repaid by Jeff Jackson in settlement of three payments of $5,000 identified as "back pay" dishonestly claimed.In following statements he identified the amount as $15,000.Thomson attempted to blame Jeff Jackson, a former HSU executive member for the spending on prostitutes, saying that he had "settled and repaid the HSU...following allegations of using a union credit card at the named escort agencies in Sydney" (page 466).Thomson speculated about the impartiality of the investigation after it was revealed that Michael Lawler, the Vice President of FWA, involved himself in internal HSU politics at the bequest of his partner, Kathy Jackson, who allegedly supplied most of the documents used by the FWA in the Craig Thomson investigation.When asked by Fair Work Australia to clarify his claim, Thomson declined to provide any details, citing legal advice