Detectives from the Financial Crime Squad have charged a 55-year-old woman following an investigation into a corruption related offence.
It will be alleged the woman – while employed within a Public Office role in Mirrabooka – entered an intimate relationship with a social housing applicant and, on 1 September 2025, created a housing offer for the applicant, bypassing a significant number of applicants on the wait list.
On Tuesday, 17 March 2026, detectives arrested the woman at a residence in Clarkson and seized an electronic device.
A 55-year-old woman from Clarkson has been charged with:
• 1 x Public Officer Acts Corruptly in Performance/Discharge of Functions
She is due to appear before the Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 25 March 2026.
Detective Superintendent Peter Foley, Financial and Cyber Crime Division, says the alleged conduct represents a serious breach of trust and undermines the fair administration of public resources.
“People who abuse the authority of their position, including those trusted to fairly and equitably manage housing resources, create an unfair disadvantage for the wider WA community.
“Applicants on the social housing waiting lists can wait up to five years. This includes vulnerable people with high priority needs, such as those experiencing homelessness or domestic violence.
“WA Police take these matters very seriously, and the Financial Crime Squad will ensure anyone who corruptly performs their duties is brought to justice and placed before the courts.”
It will be alleged the woman – while employed within a Public Office role in Mirrabooka – entered an intimate relationship with a social housing applicant and, on 1 September 2025, created a housing offer for the applicant, bypassing a significant number of applicants on the wait list.
On Tuesday, 17 March 2026, detectives arrested the woman at a residence in Clarkson and seized an electronic device.
A 55-year-old woman from Clarkson has been charged with:
• 1 x Public Officer Acts Corruptly in Performance/Discharge of Functions
She is due to appear before the Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday, 25 March 2026.
Detective Superintendent Peter Foley, Financial and Cyber Crime Division, says the alleged conduct represents a serious breach of trust and undermines the fair administration of public resources.
“People who abuse the authority of their position, including those trusted to fairly and equitably manage housing resources, create an unfair disadvantage for the wider WA community.
“Applicants on the social housing waiting lists can wait up to five years. This includes vulnerable people with high priority needs, such as those experiencing homelessness or domestic violence.
“WA Police take these matters very seriously, and the Financial Crime Squad will ensure anyone who corruptly performs their duties is brought to justice and placed before the courts.”
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