I am going to bet Hazel thinks she has cut a deal, Wex. It's no problem for the TaskForce Mallee to give Haze the impression they are not going to charge her re the fraud.. mainly because the fraud that Haze and Daniel did is a Federal case, not a state case. The AFP have jurisdiction over that, it being a crime against the Commonwealth. .. .. and oddly, its a fave crime with politicians, too, Welfare Fraud and its a very dicey thing for the AFP to cut a deal in that kind of crime no matter what the benefits of it would be.
There will be lots of waffle about the wonderfulness of Hazel, her Mother Theresa nature, her nurturing of Karlie, her heroism of defrauding the Commonwealth of Australia in the hopes of 'helping' Karlie, although how this actually 'helped' Karlie isn't made clear, there will be great sighs of compassion for her situation, and so on and on. But this is a woman, whom, despite turning up in a wheelchair with a 3 yr old perched on her paralysed legs, was sent away 'under caution' by the SA police. That means, as it plainly states, she has been cautioned and is in a state of suspicion and probable criminal indictment.
People often forget Hazel's 'under caution' status, which has not been lifted, nor altered, and will remain at this level at least until Holdom's appearance to answer this latest charge.
