Former MP Convicted for Defrauding COVID-19 Grants

He has been ordered to repay the full $25,000 grant to Services NSW.

Independent candidate Craig Thomson stands out the front of Blue Haven polling booth in the electorate of Dobell on election day in Gosford, Australia on Sept. 7, 2013. Tony Feder/Getty Images

Former federal politician and unionist Craig Thomson has been spared jail after fraudulently taking $25,000 ($US16,428) in grants from the government.

The disgraced ex-MP pleaded guilty to two counts of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception and was sentenced on March 18.