Cancer Council worker, 29, is accused of faking that she was dying from the disease to become the charity’s global ambassador and allegedly crowdfunded $12k for ‘treatment’
- Australian of the Year nominee Amanda Power allegedly faked terminal cancer
- She reportedly raised more than $12,000 for treatment on fundraising website
- Cancer Council Queensland said they have informed police of alleged conduct
- CCQ chief executive said allegations of misleading conduct were ‘disheartening’
An Australian of the Year nominee and former Cancer Council employee has been accused of faking her terminal illness.
Amanda Power, 29, is believed to have shared her battle with ovarian cancer as part of her role as Australia’s first global ambassador to an American Cancer Society summit in the US.
Ms Power, who resigned from her role at Cancer Council Queensland in February, also reportedly raised more than $12,000 on a crowd-funding website to help pay for her treatment.
Australian of the Year nominee and former Cancer Council employee Amanda Power, 29, (pictured) has been accused of faking her terminal cancer
The chief executive of the Cancer Council’s Queensland branch Chris McMillan said the alleged case of misleading and deceptive conduct was ‘disheartening’.
‘If found to be substantiated, the real victims here are the 29,000 Queenslanders who are diagnosed with cancer each year and those in our community who have heard this misleading story and tried to assist,’ he told The Courier-Mail.
The mycause fundraising page has now been removed.
A source said the allegations had left Ms Power’s friends devastated.
They added she used crutches and they had seen her with a bag that looked like it was for blood transfusion.
The CCQ said in a statement they were made aware of the allegation against Ms Power on Sunday.
‘Amanda has had a very big group of people around her offering her support and practical help throughout her journey,’ the source said.
Power (pictured), who resigned from her role at Cancer Council Queensland in February, also reportedly raised more than $12,000 on a crowd-funding website to help pay for her treatment
They said she resigned from her employment with the charity after revealing her cancer had returned in 2017.
‘The former employee began her relationship with Cancer Council Queensland in 2007 as a fundraising participant,’ the body said.
‘She became an employee of Cancer Council Queensland in 2014.’
The CCQ have now informed police of Ms Power’s alleged conduct and said they would be cooperating with authorities in their investigation.
The charity is also providing support to employees who may have been impacted by the alleged conduct.
A newspaper report from 2013 quoted Power, who has said she has been involved in the Relay for Life fund since 2005, as saying ‘dying was the easy option’.