Jenny Doyle’s daughter was shot and killed last month. After sitting by her daughter’s bedside for five days while she died from her wounds, Ms Doyle took time off from her job – which she had lost, something she found out when she rang Centrelink with an inquiry.

She was working as a manager for Australian Commercial Catering at the Thales ammunition factory in Mulwala, in southern NSW, when her daughter, Kara, was shot on April 17.

Jenny Doyle with photos of her murdered daughter Kara. Credit:Peter Merkesteyn

Kara’s then boyfriend, Mehmet Torun, has been charged with murdering her with a sawn-off shotgun after the pair argued at Mr Torun’s Avondale Heights home. He allegedly shot her in the stomach, then dumped her at a nearby service station. An ambulance took her to Royal Melbourne Hospital, but she died five days later.

After Kara’s death, Ms Doyle’s GP provided her with a medical certificate saying she was suffering from ‘‘major depression’’, and would not be able to return to work until the end of July.