'Cancer con' blogger faces fine over charity donations claims

Blogger Belle Gibson, who lied about beating a normally deadly brain tumour through healthy eating, exploited public generosity by falsely claiming most of her income went to charities, a judge has said.

Federal Court Justice Debra Mortimer ruled Ms Gibson's misleading claims about her charitable donations from the sales of her cook book The Whole Pantry and a related app constituted unconscionable conduct under Australian law.