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The mother of a man who desperately tried to save the lives of those killed in the Dreamworld raft disaster has been accused of stealing the majority of his $179,000 compensation payment.
Four people were killed as two rafts collided and partially flipped on the Thunder River Rapids Ride at the popular Gold Coast park on October 25, 2016.
Kate Goodchild, her brother Luke Dorsett and his partner Roozi Araghi from Canberra, and Sydney mother-of-two Cindy Low, died after being thrown from the rafts into a mechanised conveyor.
Thomas William Hanson, who has since received a bravery award, was just 16 at the time and had visited the theme park with his family from Western Australia.
He'd boarded the ride just moments before the tragedy and sprang into action when disaster struck.
Mr Hanson was awarded a personal injury compensation settlement over the incident, a large part of which his mother, Michelle Lisa Hanson, is accused of stealing.
Michelle Lisa Hanson (pictured) is accused of stealing the majority of a compensation payout given to her son after he was involved in the Dreamworld raft disaster in 2016
Four people were killed as two rafts collided on the Thunder River Rapids Ride at the popular Gold Coast theme park on October 25, 2016
She was initially charged with fraud in May, 2021 before pleading not guilty. That charge has since been changed to stealing.
Her case has now
