Submission: Guardianship + Administration to the Disability Royal Commission
Far too often, we advocate for people whose lives have been turned entirely upside down by guardianship and administration systems in Tasmania. The people we work for have been subject to immense and regularly state-sanctioned abuse, violence, and neglect through these systems. Their stories are harrowing and cry out for urgent and transformational change.
Submission: Guardianship + Administration Amendment Bill 2022
Ordinary Tasmanians are trapped in the guardianship system every day. Their lives are destroyed. We see it. Every day. There are 31 Tasmanians every week who face the prospect of having their lives taken over by a government appointed Public Guardian, Public Trustee, or both – that’s a massive 1600 applications to the Tribunal in…
ABC Four Corners ‘State Control’
The ABC Four Corners ‘State Control’ report exposes the stories of Australians who say they’ve been virtually abducted by the state, stripped of their assets and stopped from speaking out, until now. People under the control of Guardians and the Public Trustee are gagged from speaking out. Journalists who identify them can be criminally charged.…