People trying to eke out a road to recovery after this year's floods say they've applied for government grants only to find fraudsters have beaten them to the punch — and the battle against bogus claims is holding up money for those in need.
More than 230 applicants were declined for not meeting the criteria, and the department said it was waiting on more information for nearly 1,000 applications.
In a statement, Service NSW said most grants were declined simply because there was not enough information from applicants. "People need to be given reasons and they need to be given an opportunity to then argue their case better," she said. "We had rates bills, electricity bills, utility bills, all that, sent to the house for years," he said.Mr Roth says grant assessors should be able to access records showing who lives at an address.
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