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Former Young Australian of the Year finalist and founder of Street Swags Jean Madden has been charged with several more fraud-related offences.
Ms Madden has maintained her innocence since she was charged in July over preventing access to charity bank accounts following allegations she misappropriated $441,000 from the homeless welfare group.
Tim Nicholls accuses the Labor government of hiding the truth by withholding information from a series of reports including one into the death of bus driver Manmeet Alisher. Nine News
The founder of Street Swags, Jean Madden, "denies any wrongdoing" as police lay fresh fraud charges against her. Nine News
Police revealed on Monday they had charged the 37-year-old Brisbane woman with six more counts of fraud, one count of falsifying a record and one count of attempted fraud.
Ms Madden's lawyer Kris Jahnke had earlier told the Brisbane Magistrates Court the new charges were in relation to the existing case against her.