Associate Social Development Minister Jo Goodhew has welcomed the continuing success of the government’s welfare fraud initiatives.
“One of the key initiatives is close monitoring of low-trust clients who have previously committed welfare fraud,” says Mrs Goodhew.
“Prior to our welfare reforms, approximately 26 percent of clients re-offended.
However the latest report shows that none of the 1,698 clients who have left the close monitoring initiative so far have recommitted welfare fraud.