Beware State Trustees/Guardians
Sunday 15th September 2019 in Redfern
4pm at The Association for Good Government
Sunday 29th September 2019
2pm at Parramatta RSL
Presented by victims and activists lobbying for change but open to all.
Several cases of financial abuse of clients.
Also an excellent source for understanding
why the Trustee/Guardianship system is flawed and open to abuse
and why state politicians (nationwide) fail to act.
Facebook group where you can meet the community experts.
Report in Fairfax Press published June 2019.
Head of Qld Trustee suspected of corruption.
Report in Murdoch Press published August 2019.
Current AG stonewalls report of the shadow AG.
The report is a response to a flood of complaints.
The committee to expose the public trustee of Queensland.
Report in Australian Associated Press published April 2019
Head of State Trustee caught out by Anti-Corruption Body IBAC.
They do not have power to prosecute but recommended that the Trustee
refer the employee to police for investigation.
Report in Fairfax Press published June 2019.
Ombudsman says "Trustees forgot their clients were human beings".
Trustee ignored IBAC advice to refer their ex head to police for investigation and
instead "chose to settle the dispute confidentially".
Report in Fairfax Press published February 2019.
"Penny-pinching, raking in huge fees."
Guardianship Travesty
Report on NINE TV Network published April 2013.
Unfortunately identities of "protected persons" were accidentally illegally
revealed by A Current Affair rather than using blurred faces and aliases.
Rumour has it that the NSW T&G spared ACA litigation as long as
they promised to never criticise them again.
Indeed ACA have not even followed up this story since then
so the rumour sounds plausible.
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