Monthly Archives: May 2013

Beyond the Jacintha Saldanha Inquest: The Australian High Court has trashed 15,000 welfare recipient fraud convictions, a testament to the power of one determined welfare recipient.

On May 8th 2013, the Australian High Court trashed 15,000 of Centrelink’s welfare recipient fraud convictions. The details are at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-08/high-court-says-welfare-fraud-law-is-a-statutory/4677290 The Howard government spent $10 million running this Centrelink advertising campaign in 2005-06. The problem with these “10 prosecutions … Continue reading

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