Principal invented students in $3m fraud

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published September 29, 2014

A former Senior Australian of the Year has pleaded guilty to fraudulently claiming millions of taxpayers dollars for a top Indigenous school.

CAIRNS, Sept 29 - Jean Illingworth, the former principal of Djarragun College near Cairns, appeared in the Cairns District Court ...

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