"I spoke my mind on a political issue because I believe strongly in the reproductive health rights of Tasmanian women," Williamson said. "I am disappointed the case didn’t resolve today but I am prepared to continue my fight in the Federal Court." Williamson’s lawyer Kamal Farouque, of Maurice Blackburn, said Williamson should not have been sacked. "Angela Williamson spoke out about women’s access to abortion in Tasmania and she lost her job. That should never have happened," Farouque said. "We will now continue the case in the Federal Court to determine that she should not have lost her job for expressing a political opinion.

"We note that Cricket Australia made a statement early this morning, a few hours prior to the conciliation, disclosing that it had offered Ms Williamson an alternative job. This offer was made two weeks ago, directly to Ms Williamson by Cricket Australia. "Ms Williamson considered the offer and rejected it as it was not the same position as she had been dismissed from.” Williamson has 14 days to lodge her case with the Federal Court. It's understood CA is open to ongoing discussion through this period. Her sacking has been a public relations nightmare for CA, but the governing body insists her role was untenable because of what were claimed to have been disparaging comments. Sutherland revealed on Friday that CA had offered Williamson a new role.

“We have reflected on Angela’s dismissal and been empathetic to her personal circumstances and the sensitivity of the underlying issues," he said. “Over recent weeks, I have personally been involved in discussions with Angela about a return to CA in the role of communications manager - community cricket. She has informed CA that she will not be taking up the new opportunity and, whilst we are disappointed, we fully respect Angela’s decision. “In our reflections we have also reaffirmed the necessity to administer social media policy while respecting people’s rights to publish personal views. The need to be bipartisan in our government engagement has also been acknowledged. “While this is a difficult matter with many aspects and layers, it’s important that in our leadership of cricket in this country, we continue to be guided and influenced by our values. Our values focus heavily on demonstrating appropriate behaviours and showing respect to members and stakeholders of our diverse community all the time.” The scandal had even prompted calls for Tasmania Police to investigate local health minister Michael Ferguson over allegations he had revealed Williamson's medical information to CA before she was sacked.

There were claims Ferguson had passed on details to Tasmania Cricket chief Nick Cummins about Williamson's own abortion when Cummins had rang to apologise for Williamson's tweets. Cummins was Williamson's boss. Ten days later, Williamson was sacked. Williamson, a former staffer to Tasmanian premier Will Hodgman, had confided in him that she had had a termination and had been forced to head to Melbourne for the procedure. The government has said Ferguson did not reveal any information that wasn't already on public record. Tasmania Police said on Thursday it would not investigate Ferguson. In a statement released on Friday, Ferguson said: "As I have said all along, I absolutely refute any claims that I passed on private medical records or any information that was not in the public domain. I simply cannot have done so as I do not have access to Ms Williamson's private medical information. "I knew of Ms Williamson's personal experiences on this issue because of what had been put into the public domain via Ms Williamson's Twitter.