Last modified on Mon 8 Feb 2021 00.17 EST
Jean Madden was once lauded as a champion of the homeless, someone finally doing something practical to improve the lives of people sleeping rough across Australia.
In 2005, inspired by what she’d learned about the health effects of sleep deprivation for those on the streets, she and a band of supporters started making and distributing lightweight, waterproof swags.
Just five years later, Madden’s charity, Street Swags, had pumped out 13,000 mobile beds, earning her the title of Queensland Young Australian of the Year.
But after years of drama, Madden has now been branded a trickster by a Fair Work commissioner, alleged to have misused donations and left lasting scars on the charity she founded.
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