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Summary of NSW Issues Published by SydneyCriminalLawyers 2023-06-06 Four Corners ignored NSW but here we have a fearless journalist exposing how the state is the worst in Australia regarding property sell-offs Also discussed are the problems with the legal system most/all of which apply to other states but have never been aired by media before. Forced into Nursing Home Published by ABC 2024-01-04 Woman torn from family to be placed into a nursing home. The published tribunal decision indicates at paragraph 100 that an ACAT assessment could result in reconsideration however there is no mechanism to force the Public Guardian to do so. Why the NCAT Member did not adjourn the hearing pending such an assessment is a mystery. See also the the video below. Royal Commission slams CEO Published by ABC 2023-02-18 NSW Public Trustee & Guardian CEO found in a Disability Royal Commission report to be responsible for abuse and neglect of three residents in the care of a group-home run by an NDIS provider she was head of. The Ombudsman was also criticised by the RC for his role. Nevertheless NSWTG had no qualms in hiring her soon after (on a $355k salary) and in fact the Attorney General praised the appointment although soon after the state election the new AG had the decency to pull that web page down. NSW Client Regains Control Published by Fairfax 2020-01-10 Attorney General seeks internal review for ten years of financial mismanagement of client . Mother of the victim speaks out. NSW Trustee Being Sued Published by ABC 2019-09-25 Son claims his 93yo mother was duped into changing her will by the Public Trustee to make them her executor so that they can charge $24k for their "service" even though private trustees have their fees capped at $5,636. NSW Corruption 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. NSW Client Dies in Squalor Published by Fairfax 2019-01-29 Trustee controlled the finances of a mentally ill pensioner but neglect to release funds to maintain his home the condition of which probably contributed to his death. Then they had the gall to charge fees after that . NSW Exorbitant Executor Fees Published by Illawarra Mercury, Fairfax 2019-08-27 Woolongong family brought their mother to NSWTG for advice whereupon the 87 year old, heavily medicated, mentally impaired woman was taken aside and secretly made to amend her will merely so that NSWTG could extract triple the market-rate executorship and admin fees upon her death. NSW Trustee Travesty Published by NINE TV, 2013-04 Two young men received millions of dollars each for accidents which left them with brain injury but the courts assigned the money to the Public Trustee who are just milking the funds while not providing adequate housing for the victims. NSW Greens Q&A with AG In 2016 formal questioning of NSWTG mismanagement results in a run-around by the Attorney-General. Greens have not followed this up. This is still more than Labor or The Coalition have done in NSW. Jon Blake Published by Fairfax, 2011-06-03 Rising-star actor Jon Blake received $9.5m after a car accident in 1986 left him paralysed. The Office of the Protective Commissioner (now called NSWTG) took control of his $9.5m insurance payout and Guardianship - the above article notes his mother's battle with them to regain control for the family. The video below describes the inheritance battle his son had (unrelated to NSWTG) with her boyfriend once his mother died. NSWTG Scathing Reviews 93 ProductReview website members gave NSWTG an average rating of 1.2 stars out of 5. The final Google cache is shown above, rather than the actual site, because after four years it looks like NSWTG have finally bullied the site to remove reviews on 11 March 2021. The following are older archives...
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