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TAG HELL-BENT ON SELLING CLIENT HOUSE 
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Mum has dementia and has been in a nursing home since late 2015.
TAG (NSW Trustee & Guardian) took over about a year later due to sibling conflict
(a story in itself).
I (aka DZJ) was Mum's carer and had lived with her for 5 years
in her house which has been the family house since my birth.

About a year ago TAG wanted to sell Mum's house 
even though it would mean she would lose $70k per year
(by their own figures)
for the first 2.5 years and $50k per year thereafter.
That is as opposed to me renting out rooms to cover nursing home fees.
It made zero financial sense to sell.

TAG tried to bully me into not renting out in the meantime.
For a year I complied (depriving my Mum of a year's rent)
but I then discovered the exact clause in the law which allowed me
to ignore their directions so I established
stable and sufficient rental income with lodgers before the hearing.

I won the NCAT hearing opposing the sale
but the attempted financial abuse was downplayed 
in order to let TAG save face. 
The arithmetic showing the abuse was acknowledged 
but not condemned and was
not given as the reason for the decision going my way.

The main point NCAT honoured in my favor was that 
TAG totally ignored UN Charter on Rights for the disabled 
s39(e) - "preserving the family.relationships" 
(which is still pretty damning because 
half my submission was about that 
but TAG refused to even comment on it). 
This charter supports that I be allowed to continue living in the house 
(and therefore that the house not be sold)
because I could then continue my visits to Mum in the nursing home.

My visits have been daily ever since nursing home neglect almost
killed her (at about the same time as TAG took over, as it happens).
More on this in a separate section below.

Since then, however, TAG have refused to keep Centrelink updated, 
resulting in  pension cancellation.
This sabotage of her finances means her funds have been 
depleted enough (they think) that they now 
can have another go at selling the house to continue paying 
nursing home and TAG fees
(although by their own admission she has enough funds for 2.5 years of fees
and that is without even reinstating her pension).

I am not allowed to contact Centrelink on her behalf
but have submitted a fraud report (a federal crime).