Melissa Jade Higgins: Convicted day-care fraud granted bail

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated December 13 2016 - 6:08pm, first published November 25 2016 - 7:39pm
Melissa Jade Higgins outside the Downing Centre for her bail hearing. Photo: Brook Mitchell
Melissa Jade Higgins outside the Downing Centre for her bail hearing. Photo: Brook Mitchell

A convicted family day-care fraud who stole $3.6 million from taxpayers through her Aussie Giggles day care centre has allegedly been receiving Centrelink study payments for Indigenous students despite not being Indigenous, the NSW District Court has heard.