The outgoing Canberra Institute of Technology chief executive has discontinued legal action against her previous employer, TAFE NSW.
Margot McNeill resigned from her CIT position last month after a Legislative Assembly privileges committee recommended she be investigated for breaching public service standards after her "overly litigious and combative approach" to a separate inquiry.
She was paid a settlement of $445,000 after her resignation. She began the executive role in June 2025 and had been on leave since June 2026.
An earlier parliamentary inquiry found Dr McNeill had "actively misled" the CIT board during the recruitment process by denying there was a finding of misconduct made against her by TAFE NSW.
That investigation found she had breached the TAFE NSW code of conduct and led to her resignation being changed to termination.
Dr McNeill then took the matter to the NSW Supreme Court seeking a judicial review of the reclassification of the end of her employment.
She discontinued the civil proceedings in August with both parties consenting and no order as to costs.
When the matter was in court in July, registrar Jennifer Hedge said Dr McNeill needed to "get on with it" after delays due to medical issues and involvement in several inquiries into the former chief executive's conduct.
An acting chief executive and a deputy chief executive have since been formally announced for CIT.
ACT Treasury Economic and Financials executive group manager Mitch Pirie was named as acting chief executive, with Queensland vocational leader Nik Babovic announced as the deputy chief executive.
A parliamentary inquiry has also been announced to consider whether merging the public training organisation with the University of Canberra is a good idea.
