Mohamed Haneef has reportedly been awarded about $1 million in compensation after he was wrongly detained on terrorism related charges in 2007.
Charges against the Indian born doctor were later dropped as prosecutors admitted bungling the case, and an independent inquiry cleared Dr Haneef of any wrongdoing.
On Tuesday, Dr Haneef was awarded a substantial but confidential amount of compensation following negotiations with the federal government.
Now it has been reported by the Times of India that amount could be as much as $1 million.
Kevin Andrews was the immigration minister at the time and on Tuesday night said he had been advised defamation action against him had been dropped.
He added that he'd made no apology, nor had any compensation been paid in relation to the action.
