ALMOST 80,000 people could lose their taxpayer-funded handouts each year after strict new laws, as one man was recorded breaching Centrelink rules 117 times — but only lost his welfare payments for ...

THE government is cracking down on welfare cheats, giving Australians one month to start paying back the $900m debt or risk copping interest charges. The rorter, who earns an income and is not ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. Letters sent out in July under the heading “Taskforce Integrity” warned welfare recipients against deliberately ...

AUSTRALIAN Federal Police will today descend on Mount Druitt and St Mary’s in Sydney’s west in a major crackdown on welfare cheats with at least $100,000 in taxpayer-funded Centrelink payments ...

According to figures reported in The Australian, 7006 jobseekers last year missed their Centrelink appointments and re-engaged at the very end of each fortnight, allowing their $579 Newstart payment ...

There is a small segment of the community who still think it is okay to cheat the system. The federal government has trawled through sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even eBay to uncover ...

Welfare fraudsters will be caught out faster under a $1 billion revamp to the Centrelink online payments system. The federal government has started work on updating the 30-year-old IT system ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Fed Budget. Followed categories will be added to My News. According to figures reported in The Australian, 7006 jobseekers last year missed their Centrelink ...