AASGAA is an incorporated Australian not-for-profit organisation, that provides free online information on guardianship and administration matters in Australia.

We provide support and advocacy for vulnerable victims in selected circumstances. The decision to provide this assistance is made at our discretion and depends on the specific circumstances of each case.

There are private guardianship and administration arrangements, as well as public guardianship and public trustees. All the States and Territories have public guardianship and public trustee regimes.

We highlight and inform Australians about how the system can easily victimise and abuse vulnerable people under guardianship and administration. We also discuss how elder abusers, institutional and individual abusers, can navigate the guardianship system and exploit the vulnerable to their advantage.

When state tribunals (who are NOT a court, and do NOT have to adhere to rules of evidence) get involved, what happens?

State public guardians and public trustees, who are paid, strangers often step in and take over the decision-making rights of the vulnerable. Some of the groups/professionals, but not limited to, that can intervene are:

• State public trustees, who are paid, are strangers.

• State advocates, who are paid, are strangers.

• NDIS providers, paid. (Often claim pseudo guardian when public guardian/trustee claims authority over a person).

• Aged care facilities, paid. (Often claim pseudo guardian when public guardian/trustee claims authority over a person).

• Child fostering.

• Medical staff claim authority, not given.

• Legal staff claim authority, not given.

• Strangers, friends, family, and other individuals preying on the vulnerable.

We are a support group. We share stories and offer support and information on ways to navigate the unsuspecting pitfalls of public guardianship and public administration (trustees).

We are not against guardianship and administration (trustee). In many cases, limited orders are needed to protect vulnerable people from violence, abuse, exploitation, and neglect of our vulnerable. Who becomes the guardian/administrator in these cases is what is often challenged in tribunals and courts.

We share information and knowledge with well-known American groups such as NASGA (National Association to Stop Guardianship Abuse), and spokespersons on behalf of the late Marti Oakley.

Our core members undergo police clearance checks before advocating or supporting vulnerable people on behalf of AASGAA. In other parts of the world, guardianship and administration are referred to differently (i.e., conservatorship in the USA), but the core system and exploitative practices are the same.