2020 December 2020 The presumption of capacity: How human rights are ignored in guardianship and administration proceedings 80% Victorias COVID related deaths Aged Care residents Disability Royal Commission finds Federal Government responsible for serious failures during COVID-19 November 2020 Gold Coast mum Melinda Louise Walsh sentenced in court for Twitter attack on social-worker Disability domestic violence a catch-22 as Indigenous children removed from mothers royal commission hears People with disabilities suffer often shocking violence abuse and neglect report Australia aged care Inquiry hears 50 sexual assaults happen each week Disability royal commission to hear confronting stories from carers and Indigenous people living with disability October 2020 Courts-Tasmania Supreme Court appeal overturns judges previous decision on mans right to live on yacht ‘Do not resuscitate and the consequences of not following it Carer Michelle Stitt to face trial charged over disturbing neglect of elderly woman who ended up in intensive care Former aged care worker plead guilty to stealing 132,000 from resident Victoria coronavirus intellectually disabled prisoners punished without oversight by Office of the Public Advocate Despite more than 30 major inquiries governments still havent fixed aged care. Why are they getting away with it Aged care draft recommendations need to be urgently acted upon groups say Eighty nine year old king hit by fellow resident dies due to injuries I'm worried I wont be able to walk Melburnians with disabilities fear aftermath of long lockdown Coronavirus COVID-19 has revealed some uncomfortable truths about Australia A last resort 50,000 older Australian trapped in residential aged care NSW child sexual abuse compensation claims meet hurdle Coronavirus Victoria Hospital visitor bans compound families heartache September 2020 A Current Affair program aired on 9 September 2020 Jewish Care Victoria "A Son's Crusade" Grieving families angry at Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission over perceived in action during coronavirus pandemic ‘He was like a zombie Woman tells Disability Royal Commission about her brother Disability Royal Commission hears teenager was left with severe disability after being given psychotropic medication Died of neglect Family anger over aged care death not by COVID Coronavirus Victoria St-Basil residents left ‘malnourished dehydrated Police raid disability agency over Smith death Liz Hayes reports on the heartbreaking death of her own father SAs Child Protection Minister defends only recently finding out about paedophiles abuse of girl 13 in state care Aged care resident giving up due to COVID-19 and isolation nurses fear Fight against NDIS independent assessments ramps up Died of neglect Family anger over aged care death not by COVID Oliver McGowan Mums medication warning to Disability Royal Commission 178,000 reports of unauthorised chemical restraint on NDIS participants ‘He was like a zombie Woman tells Disability Royal Commission about her brother Coronavirus-Victoria_-Police-order-law-professor-with-disability-to-keep-walking August 2020 Elderly residents at Melbournes St-Basils Aged Care were left starving and dehydrated Coronavirus Victoria Letter exposes outbreak bungle at St Basils in Melbourne NDIS safety commission bans Ann Marie Smith care provider Integrity Care ABC News Sick sedated residents trapped in aged care homes Authorities Granted COVID-19 Powers To Forcibly Take Children From Their Homes Australias Move Towards Authoritarianism Under the Guise of Public Health Coronavirus Victoria Resident had ants crawling out of bandages at aged care home July 2020 Assault charge dismissed against nursing home assistant who tied elderly woman to a chair with a plastic bag Coronavirus Victoria Staff at St Basils Homes for the Aged in Fawkner told to isolate. 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