NO MORE ADVANTAGE: A woman was ordered to repay $36,000 received in Newstart allowance payments after appearing in Orange Local Court on Monday. FILE PHOTO
AN Orange woman has received a 12-month suspended sentence, fined $500 and ordered to repay Centrelink $36,000.
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Susan Randall of Anson Street was represented in Orange Local Court by solicitor Paul Johnson who said the 59-year-old was already repaying the money in $400 a month installments before the court notice was issued.
According to an official statement Randall claimed the Newstart allowance between February 2011 and March 2014 despite being employed.