December 2020

Battle to keep Heritage Property

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

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

Mum of 7 lead NDIS Syndicate

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

Two jailed over NDIS 1.5m FRAUD

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

Parents sign over guardianship of daughter

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.

Indigenous families missing out on disability support amid fear of child removals

June 2020

Sydney nurse allegedly tried to smother 80 year-old patient with pillow

Police investigate disappearance of large inheritance and 70000 in loans taken out by Ann-Smith

Newmarch House coronavirus outbreak sitting there waiting to die

Ann-Marie Smith taskforce finds crucial gaps in NDIS oversight of disability care

Former Public Trustee officer charged after ICAC

AgedCare providers must report resident on resident abuse under new scheme

Aboriginal mothers absolutely helpless after babies taken at SA hospitals

Dad-to-be-shattered-as-hospital-wins-legal-battle-to-turn-off-his-pregnant-partners-life-support

May 2020

Sisters-refused-administrator-rights-over-fathers-estate-_-The-Mercury.pdf

2020-5-7-The-world-sacrificed-its-elderly-in-the-race-to-protect-hospitals.-The-result-was-a-catastrophe-in-care-homes-CNN

2020-6-5-Elderly-man-admits-trying-to-kill-ill-wife

2020-6-7-Jailed-former-solicitor-Helen-Marie-Tolson-banned-from-practicing-law-after-2-million-theft

2020-6-6-Indigenous-families-missing-out-on-disability-support-amid-fear-of-child-removals

2020-5-Why-are-so-many-Victorian-kids-running-away-from-residential-care-during-COVID-19

2020-6-4-Ann-Marie-Smith-taskforce-finds-crucial-gaps-in-NDIS-oversight-of-disability-care

2020-5-6-Former-Federal-Court-judge-to-chair-Ann-Marie-Smith-independent-inquiry-ABC-News

2020-5-5-Ann-Marie-Smiths-carer-was-banned-amid-missing-money-claims-SA-committee-hears

April 2020

2020-6-2-Police-investigate-disappearance-of-large-inheritance-and-70000-in-loans-taken-out-by-Ann-Smith

2020-6-3-Aged-care-providers-must-report-resident-on-resident-abuse-under-new-scheme

2020-4-5-Aboriginal-mothers-fear-there-will-be-a-new-generation-of-stolen-children

2020/06/2020-5-4-David-Harris-was-left-to-die-alone-after-his-NDIS-payments-were-cut-off

2020-5-2-Integrity-Care-SA-sacks-Ann-Marie-Smiths-carer-over-serious-misconduct-ABC

2020-5-3-Australians-with-disabilities-locked-up-in-coronavirus-‘human-rights-breach

2020-4-2-Perth-grandmother-fighting-coronavirus-shocked-by-‘do-not-resuscitate’-note

2020-4-4-Aged-care-home-Edenfield-Nerrilda-fails-repeated-audits-continues-to-face-no-sanctions

NSW-Police-Given-Power-to-Kill-with-Impunity

With-no-visitors-or-unannounced-inspections-who-knows-what-is-happening-in-nursing-homes-during-the-coronavirus-lockdown

Coronavirus_-Viral-photo-of-coffins-in-Italy-proved-to-be-a-fake

COVID-19-becomes-law-government-to-give-itself-sweeping-new-powers

Banning-visitors-to-aged-care-during-coronavirus-raises-several-ethical-questions-–-with-no-simple-answers

Coronavirus-Australia_-What-impact-could-the-lockdown-have-on-our-mental-health

Coronavirus-cases-confirmed-in-17-nursing-homes-in-Australia-heres-what-we-know-ABC-News-Australian-Broadcasting-Corporation

March 2020

Spanish-nursing-homes-abandoned-residents-found-dead-in-beds-as-coronavirus-worsens

Visiting-restrictions-see-desperate-families-pull-loved-ones-out-of-aged-care

2020-3-The-public-thinks-support-workers-are-saints-some-are-anything

Coronavirus_-Viral-photo-of-coffins-in-Italy-proved-to-be-a-fake.pdf

Coronavirus-Victoria_-What-critically-important-stage-3-restrictions-mean.pdf

Telegraph-journalist-says-coronavirus-of-elderly-could-benefit-economy

PETER-HITCHENS_-This-Great-Panic-is-foolish-yet-our-freedom-is-still-broken-and-economy-crippled-_-Daily-Mail-Online

Spanish-flu-survivor-107-on-her-nursing-homes-coronavirus-lockdown_-Its-like-were-in-jail-_-World-news-_-The-Guardian.pdf

Coronavirus-Victoria_-What-critically-important-stage-3-restrictions-mean.pdf

Should-we-still-be-going-to-visit-our-older-family-members

Its-really-hard_-Couples-split-as-nursing-homes-lock-out-families.pdf

Italians-over-80-will-be-left-to-die-as-country-overwhelmed-by-coronavirus

Dirty-Money-Tackles-Guardianship_-Netflix-Series-Examines-Financial-Elder-Abuse

Dozens-of-NDIS-clients-left-without-representation-_-The-Canberra-Times-_-Canberra-ACT.pdf

Fears-mount-that-Italy-will-require-a-jumbo-global-bail-out-to-stem-broader-financial-contagion.pdf

Big-Brother-may-keep-watching-when-coronavirus-pandemic-passes

Coronavirus-aged-care-visit-restrictions-see-desperate-families-pull-loved-ones-out-of-facilities

99%of-Those-Who-Died-From-Virus-Had-Other-Illness-Italy-Says-Bloomberg

CBS-News-Caught-Using-Footage-from-an-Italian-Hospital-to-Describe-Conditions-in-New-York-City

Chemotherapy-and-the-coronavirus-threat-my-immunity-levels-mean-you-need-to-care-about-COVID-19

Sisters-lose-fight-to-feed-dying-elderly-mother-despite-intervention-of-the-Catholic-Church

February 2020

States-say-disabled-miss-out-as-Canberra-hoards-1.7b-of-NDIS-funding

Coronial-inquest-opens-into-deaths-of-two-women-who-were-held-in-care-at-Roy-Fagan.

The-text-messages-that-cost-a-Perth-man-8000-and-how-to-avoid-a-similar-fate

The-multi-million-dollar-dummy-director-scam-using-vulnerable-Australians-to-rip-off-the-tax-office

Wealthy-homeowners-should-be-paying-more-for-aged-care

VCAT NOT A COURT

Why-the-Government-blocked-a-law-forcing-nursing-homes-to-reveal-staff-and-food-budgets

Westpac-introducer_-Pensioners-could-lose-home-due-to-280K

Risky-business-potential-conflicts-of-interest-called-out-under

Queensland-police-taser-girl-with-cerebral-palsy

Public-Trustee-employees-claim-they-have-been-left-in-the-dark-about-plans-for-sweeping-change

Peter-Dansie-sentenced-to-life-in-jail-for-murder-of-wife-Helen-after-pushing-wheelchair-into-pond

NSW-Trustee-accused-of-bullying-and-harassing-grieving-family

New-rules-on-physical-restraint-in-aged-care-could-backfire-inquiry-told

NDIS-struggle_-Pensioner-going-without-food-medication

Mother-tells-disability-royal-commission-that-doctors-didnt-give-son-with-quadriplegia-proper-care-before-death

Mother-of-disabled-boy-who-died-in-hospital-reveals-what-doctors-wrote-on-his-death-certificate-

Intellectually-disabled-people-unsafe-in-hospitals-disability-royal-commission-hears

Insured-Gold-Coast-dementia-patient-rejected-from-two-private-hospitals

McKenzie-is-the-sacrificial-lamb-but-corruption-runs-deeper

Former-investigator-flags-NDIS-fraud-woes

Foster-carer-admits-drugging-disabled-teenager-with-morphine

Former-aged-care-nurse-allegedly-assaulted-eight-patients-police-say

Elderly-couple-planned-Romeo-and-Juliet-suicide-pact-but-husband-survived-and-hanged-himself

Disability-Royal-Commission-looks-at-palliative-care-for-people-with-intellectual-disabilities

Death-certificate-listed-boys-disability

Court-case-about-dementia-patient-calling-police-over-10000-times-dismissed

Corporate-debt-soars-amid-warnings-of-defaults-to-come

Blind-and-deaf-elderly-woman-is-raped-by-a-staff-member-

Being-Aboriginal-with-a-disability-a-double-whammy-royal-commission-told

Australian-doctors-help-kill-52-sick-patients-in-first-6-months-of-new-assisted-suicide-law-_-News-_-LifeSite

Aged-care-assessment-reform-may-be accounting-trick

Aged-care-manager-unable-to-say-if-required-sensor-was-in-residents-room-_-The-Canberra-Times-_-Canberra-ACT

A-government-report-has-been-locked-away-but-it-wasnt-the-only-thing-kept-from-voters-this-week-Politics

65000-people-with-disabilities-restrained-in-six-months-_-Daily-Examiner.pdf

NZ-abortion-committee-ignores-Down-syndrome-community-concerns-about-lifting-time-limit-on-abortions-for-babies-with-disabilities-from-20-weeks-up-to-birth

Queensland-Healths-Metro-North-accused-of-silencing-critics-with-culture-of-legal-bullying

Former-aged-care-nurse-allegedly-assaulted-eight-patients-police-say

Murder-victim-Helen-Dansies-son-and-friend-tell-Adelaide-court-of-ongoing-grief

Public-Trustee-employees-claim-they-have-been-left-in-the-dark-about-plans-for-sweeping-change

January 2020

Sutherland_-man-charged-with-nursing-home-kidnapping

Queensland-Healths-Metro-North-accused-of-silencing-critics-with-culture-of-legal-bullying

Qld-Civil-and-Administrative-Tribunal-delivers-grassroots-justice

SA-nursing-home-blocks-daughters-unsupervised-visits-with-dying-mother

12000-elderly-die-while-waiting-for-Home-Care

Aged-care_-Uniting-Care-QLD-records-a-40-million-deficit-as-Blue-Care-nursing-homes-lose-money.-_-The-Courier-Mail