A grandmother-of-15 has avoided jail for pocketing more than $100,000 of taxpayer money she wasn’t entitled to over five years of welfare fraud.
Mary Irvine, 56, was on the disability support pension because of severe asthma, but still got a job as a personal care worker in aged care, the County Court of Victoria heard on Tuesday.
“ motivation was more need-based than one of sheer greed, yet that does not excuse your offending,” she told Irvine.She said a character reference provided to the court said Irvine was intermittently seen in tears over worry she wouldn’t be able to make rent or pay bills.Source:Supplied Irvine told the court she believed her granddaughter had been correctly filling out the income reporting form to Centrelink for her – but Judge Gwynn said, “I simply do not accept that explanation.”
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