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Penny-pinching, raking in huge fees: public trustees under scrutiny

When Steven Colley died, he was surrounded by squalor - leaks, rotting and mould had overtaken his home.

Colley, 57, was deemed to lack capacity for financial decisions because of his mental illness, and the NSW Trustee and Guardian (NSWTG) controlled his money.

Steven Colley, 57, died in squalid conditions.

Steven Colley, 57, died in squalid conditions.

His house, in Kingscliff on the NSW north coast was in disrepair despite the fact he and his cousin Michael Beehag had made repeated requests over many years for NSWTG to release some of Colley’s money to pay for repairs. Now NSWTG is charging $25,000 to settle his estate and transfer the property to Beehag’s name.

Guardianship Tribunal crimes against humanity

‪For the last 3 decades, the Public been deceptively advised to REPORT suspected Abuse of Elderly & Disabled people to Guardianship Tribunals when, as shown below, IT WAS NOT the Function of Guardianship Tribunals to make findings of whether or not Abuse occurred.

In order to REPORT suspected ABUSE to these Tribunals, it was necessary to apply for a Guardianship or Administration Order. Once an 'Application' was lodged, a Tribunal hearing was held.

Many 'Applicants' were shocked & dismayed when their allegations of Abuse were totally disregarded & untested allegations of professionals re the 'capacity' of suspected victims to manage their own affairs became the focus of the Tribunals attention, rather than the suspected abuse.

Another whistleblower unlawfully sectioned

Another whistleblower has been unlawfully sectioned under mental health legislation in Austria, by a single judge who has never met him, and WITHOUT A MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

This is an URGENT APPEAL for us all to unite at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, UK, on Wednesday 14 June, 2017 to show our support for a well-loved British man, military historian and author, Peter Hofschroer.  Friends and supporters of the acclaimed author and historian and his mother, Barbara (aka Grandma B), are asked to attend his appeal against extradition to Austria.

Call for inquiry into deaths of four men at psychiatric hospital"

St Andrew's hospital, Northampton, where four men died in a seven-month period on one psychiatric waReport that raised role of antipsychotic drugs in deaths of patients at a Northampton hospital was not shown to inquest

St Andrew's hospital, Northampton, where four men died in a seven-month period on one psychiatric ward.

A public inquiry has been demanded into the use of anti-psychotic drugs after an investigation revealed that side-effects from such medication probably played a part in the deaths, in quick succession, of four men on one hospital ward.

Questions have been raised as to whether the deaths, which all took place within seven months, should have been investigated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The charity that runs St Andrew's hospital in Northampton told the CQC it started looking into whether the deaths on its 20-bed Grafton ward were linked shortly after a third patient died in April 2011. A fourth man, William Johnson, 41, a schizophrenic with cerebral palsy, died the following month.

Corruption exposed in the Orange County public guardian's office

In Orange County, a corrupt public guardian is stealing assets from the elderly and firing officials who dare to ask questions.

Todd Spitzer, a deputy district attorney who is respected by members of both parties, was alerted to possible misconduct in the Orange County Public Guardian's office last week. He asked a few questions and lost his job. Why?

The Public Guardian John Williams is making $138,000 as a base salary for supposedly looking after the assets of elderly or deceased citizens. Articles written in a variety of papers and journals detail that Williams has been mismanaging assets and looting the property of retirees in this County, which went bankrupt some time back.

The sort of Grandma B - a little old lady in a wheelchair.

Grandma B is now 85 years old. She is wheelchair-bound and very frail. The past six years of her life have been horrendous. She lost her husband of 60 years, but that was the easy part. She has also been the victim of sustained and systematic abuse in which she has been defrauded of her house, subjected to threats and harassment because she will not hand over her life savings to her abusers, then unlawfully evicted from her house and stranded abroad, with her abusers trying, so far unsuccessfully, to fraudulently sell her house. When she undertook litigation to recover her assets, they then abducted her and are now holding her hostage.

Abuse of Grandma B : How Corrupt Officials are plundering the Assets of the Elderly

Grandma B is now 83 years old. She is wheelchair-bound and very frail. The past four years of her life have been horrendous. She lost her husband of 60 years, but that was the easy part. She has also been the victim of sustained and systematic abuse in which she has been defrauded of her house, subjected to threats and harassment because she will not hand over her life savings to her abusers, then unlawfully evicted from her house and stranded abroad, with her abusers trying, fortunately unsuccessfully, to sell her house fraudulently.

Public Guardian vs Prison - Where is Emily Brown Better Off?

Emily Brown is better off in prison --- Are we wrong?  Let's put all disabled persons / senior citizens in jail and the criminals in nursing homes / group homes and in the care of the Public Guardian. . .

  • This way the seniors / disabled persons would have access to showers, hobbies and walks.
  • They'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc and they'd receive money instead of paying it out.
  • They would have constant video monitoring, so they could be helped instantly if they fell, or needed assistance.
  • Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be laundered and ironed for them.
  • A guard would check on them every 20 minutes and bring their meals and snacks to their cell.
  • They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose.
  • They would have access to a library, gym, spiritual counselling, and education.
  • Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, night clothes and legal aid would be free.
  • Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise yard and gardens. 
  • Each senior could have a PC or laptop, a TV , radio and daily phone calls.
  • There would be a board of directors to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to. 

"Criminals" would get cold food, be left all alone and unsupervised.
Lights off at 8 pm.
Showers once a week.
Live in a tiny room and pay $1500 per month and have no hope of ever getting out.


Source : http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=47782330722

Jonathon Harveson - NSW Public Guardian - Low Life Scum Bag - Keeps Disabled Persons Locked Up as Prisoners in Solitary Confinement - Breaking Every Human Rights Law There Is!

What sort of piece of shit is this guy?  And what the fuck do we have human rights for because the Public Guardian doesn't seem to think they matter. 

You do realise that the Public Guardian (a government organisation) is ,assigned to look after people by the Guardianship Tribunal (another government organisation).  And anybody can apply to have somebody signed into the imprisonment of the Public Guardian - just as they did this poor girl. 

The ballbag pieces of shit from DoCS - Ben Anderson made the original application - just as Emily and her mother thought she was about to be freed by DoCS and the government, and signed her over to the Public Guardian so they could then keep her prisoner, abuse her further, deny her the basic human rights such as using a telephone and speaking to her mother. 

Not sure this is true?  Well look under the section Emily Brown - the Girl with No Human Rights - and view the letters she has written and all the statements she has made about her captivity by the government to keep her quiet about her initial kidnapping and 14 years of abuse by DoCS and now the Public Guardian.  Suzanne Alexander was responsible for the original kidnapping and each time the matter was appealled they lied and committed perjury in each court case and have been determined ever since to keep Emily a drugged up prisoner of the state - with whom the government decides who she can and cannot talk to, and where she is allowed to live and what she can and cannot do.

Jonathon Harveson in this person - he has no respect for Emilys basic human rights that are recognised under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights.

  1. Emily has a right to have contact with whom she wants
  2. Emily has the right to freedom of speech and to heard equally before a court of law
  3. Emily has the right to live where she wants

Why is this animal allowed to treat Emily with less rights than a dirty animal who has raped and killed little children?  And why does each government department and person continually fob off Emily's pleas for help by anybody she has had contact with, and her mother? 

  1. Why is Emilys mother not allowed to know where Emily is being held prisoner?
  2. Why is Emily not allowed to have contact with whom she wants?
  3. Why do the Emilys Captors who profit substantially by having her in their custody have the decision of who and what Emily can see and do?

Each time i think of this 20 year old girl with mild autism and the life she has been forced to have, I want to vomit.

Public Guardian Prisoners Are Denied These Basic Human Rights - Emily Brown is a Perfect Example and she is ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE by Jonathon Harveson of the NSW Public Guardian

Article 19 - Living independently and being included in the community :

States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community, including by ensuring that:

(a) Persons with disabilities have the opportunity to choose their place of residence and where and with whom they live on an equal basis with others and are not obliged to live in a particular living arrangement;

(b) Persons with disabilities have access to a range of in-home, residential and other community support services, including personal assistance necessary to support living and inclusion in the community, and to prevent isolation or segregation from the community;

(c) Community services and facilities for the general population are available on an equal basis to persons with disabilities and are responsive to their needs.

Article 30 - Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport :

1. States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to take part on an equal basis with others in cultural life, and shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities:

(a) Enjoy access to cultural materials in accessible formats;

(b) Enjoy access to television programmes, films, theatre and other cultural activities, in accessible formats;

(c) Enjoy access to places for cultural performances or services, such as theatres, museums, cinemas, libraries and tourism services, and, as far as possible, enjoy access to monuments and sites of national cultural importance.

2. States Parties shall take appropriate measures to enable persons with disabilities to have the opportunity to develop and utilize their creative, artistic and intellectual potential, not only for their own benefit, but also for the
enrichment of society.

3. States Parties shall take all appropriate steps, in accordance with international law, to ensure that laws protecting intellectual property rights do not constitute an unreasonable or discriminatory barrier to access by persons with disabilities to cultural materials.

4. Persons with disabilities shall be entitled, on an equal basis with others, to recognition and support of their specific cultural and linguistic identity, including sign languages and deaf culture.

5. With a view to enabling persons with disabilities to participate on an equal basis with others in recreational, leisure and sporting activities, States Parties shall take appropriate measures:

(a) To encourage and promote the participation, to the fullest extent possible, of persons with disabilities in mainstream sporting activities at all levels;

(b) To ensure that persons with disabilities have an opportunity to organize, develop and participate in disability-specific sporting and recreational activities and, to this end, encourage the provision, on an equal
basis with others, of appropriate instruction, training and resources;

(c) To ensure that persons with disabilities have access to sporting, recreational and tourism venues;

(d) To ensure that children with disabilities have equal access with other children to participation in play, recreation and leisure and sporting activities, including those activities in the school system;

(e) To ensure that persons with disabilities have access to services from those involved in the organization of recreational, tourism, leisure and sporting activities.

Australia's First Case of Fully Verifiable ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE by the NSW Public Guardian

A hearing held last week in the case of Emily Brown who is under the care of the NSW Public Guardian, consisted of Jonathon Harveson from the NSW Public Guardian - acting as Emily Browns "Boss", and numerous other government officials including her own legal representation who is hand picked by the government also.  Emilys mother Julie Brown was accompanied to the proceedings by Emilys previous Independant Advocate Caroline Mason.

NSW Public Guardian has decided that they will never share Emilys location with her mother - the only person / family continually in her life since she was first stolen by the government when she was only 5 years old, and for no evidentiary reason other than former officers at the NSW Department of Community Services, Robin Howe and co, did not like Julie.

The fact that only government representatives and / or government paid representatives were at the proceedings, and nicely stacked against mother and daughter is nothing more than a money making crusade on behalf of our greedy government, who happily pays agencies such as Catholicare up to $5000 per week until a foster child reachess the age of eighteen, even if that child has been sent home - and ultimately the grounds needed to prove an ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE.

"Australia's First Case of Fully Verifiable ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE by the NSW Public Guardian"

A hearing held last week in the case of Emily Brown who is under the care of the NSW Public Guardian, consisted of Jonathon Harveson from the NSW Public Guardian - acting as Emily Browns "Boss", and numerous other government officials including her own legal representation who is hand picked by the government also.  Emilys mother Julie Brown was accompanied to the proceedings by Emilys previous Independant Advocate Caroline Mason.

NSW Public Guardian has decided that they will never share Emilys location with her mother - the only person / family continually in her life since she was first stolen by the government when she was only 5 years old, and for no evidentiary reason other than former officers at the NSW Department of Community Services, Robin Howe and co, did not like Julie.

The fact that only government representatives and / or government paid representatives were at the proceedings, and nicely stacked against mother and daughter is nothing more than a money making crusade on behalf of our greedy government, who happily pays agencies such as Catholicare up to $5000 per week until a foster child reachess the age of eighteen, even if that child has been sent home - and ultimately the grounds needed to prove an ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE.

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  • Australian public guardian corruption

    Image result for guardianship corruptionThe following comments relate specifically to the Queensland entities QCAT (the kangaroo court) and the Queensland Public Trustee / Adult Guardian, however similar entities in other states and territories operate on essentially the same (lack of principles), consequently the exact same potentially applies to every Australian citizen who doesn't have a professionally prepared succession plan (ie at the very least an Enduring Power of Attorney and a Last Will and Testament).

    Be wary of 'I found it on the internet' forms as there are many instances where those have been successfully challenged by either avaricious family members, the kangaroo court or even 'proper' courts. On the other hand, a good lawyer (no I don't like that breed either but there is actually the rare decent one) can patch most of the loopholes that can be exploited by bottom-feeding grubs like that greedy brother-in-law or even worse, the kangaroo court. 

    I wish to warn everyone, including those carers who think looking after a stroke victim is too much trouble, or those who have the mistaken belief that there is any semblance of decency at the Public Trustee, or for that matter the Adult Guardian. I elect to use the term 'kangaroo court' because that utterly evil entity totally ignores legislation intended to regulate its operation. Its really nothing more than a source of victims for the extortion racket trading as the Public Trustee.

    Published decisions of the kangaroo court invariably put victims in the clutches of the Public Trustee where their assets are systematically plundered. Anyone who lives in their own home is likely to cop a shonky ACAT test since owner occupied homes are protected from the typically exorbitant and unregulated Public Trustee fees whereas an unoccupied home (ie when the owner has been consigned to a nursing establishment) are not protected. Clearly owner-occupied homes are unprofitable business so the Public Trustee plays any number of dirty tricks to rectify that situation. Neither the kangaroo court, the Adult Guardian or the Public Trustee have proper complaints management systems despite such being a legal requirement in Queensland. Whilst there are sham facilities, responses to complaints amount to 'cut and paste' of official publicity.

    There are reasons to believe Public Trustee complaints are routed directly to its legal department which then uses its victim's financial resources to protect the interests of the Public Trustee. There is no point complaining to the Queensland Ombudsman, the Crime and Corruption Commission, the Queensland Attorney General, the Federal Attorney General, the Legal Services Commission, the Discrimination Commission, the Information Commission or the Human Rights Commission because the standard response is 'the Public Trustee is immune'.

    Victim's funds held 'in trust'; are regarded as the property of the Public Trustee which levies horrendous fees that typically consume a million dollar estate within a few years. Unlike every other financial organization, no auditing is performed since some moronic politician in times past 'deemed' the Public Trustee competent. Media reporters who attempt to expose the activities of the unholy triune beast are warned by management that exposure of these entities is strictly verboten. In the past, stringent secrecy provisions were imposed, ostensibly in place 'to protect the vulnerable' but which were undoubtedly intended to hinder communication and collaboration between carers and victims.

    Over the past year a number of individuals have discovered ways to circumvent the maze and now there is a significant group committed to bringing these bureaucrazies (MIS-spelling intended) to account. Its not a straightforward task as the Public Trustee has infiltrated a lot of 'apparently' legitimate support organizations. For example, Carers Queensland openly admits to receiving financial support from the Public Trustee and the relationship between the Uniting Church and the Public Trustee is subject to some suspicion.Many senior citizen clubs are receiving Public Trustee money albeit after having been 'washed' through third parties like Caxton Street Legal Centre.

    A significant number of people have been sucked in by Public Trustee promotions claiming to provide a 'free' will making service. Yes well, it is true that the document is made without charge, but on condition that the Public Trustee is nominated as executor. When the principal carks it, the Public Trustee fees are usually sufficient to soak up every single cent.

    Typical fees are approximately five times what a private lawyer would charge to do the same work, and surely no sentient being believes private lawyers run a benevolent society. A report that was briefly published in the Queensland Sunday Mail concerned a disgruntled Public Trustee whistleblower who related details of an internal memo requiring all staff to drag on estate matters until the maximum possible fees has been levied. One particular case in which the beneficiary 'should' have inherited $1.3 million resulted in said beneficiary discovering the anticipated amount had been completely dissipated in fees. There are numerous other horror stories that need to be told but this probably isn't the correct forum. Bottom line is that everyone, regardless of how healthy they may be, is flirting with disaster if they don't have a professionally prepared succession plan in place.  Those who wish to explore Public Trustee  and kangaroo court misdeeds more fully can google 'Workers Bush Telegraph',  'Queensland Public Trustee Exposed'  and 'nswtgexposed'

    The Committee to expose the Public Trustee held the first of a series of pickets at Parliament House on Tuesday 16th January and will be continuing these at QCAT and the Public Trustee in due course. We've also contacted every politician in Queensland, the Queensland Law Society and the Queensland Bar Association.

    Next on the list are every senior citizens group, media reporter, magistrate, judge and politician in Australia. We are also preparing a group submission to the Crime and Corruption Commission and the United Nations Human Rights Council. The volume will be turned up until or unless the systematic abuse and misappropriation of victim's resources is stopped permanently, those whose estates have been plundered are compensated,.and the perpetuators exposed and penalized.

    Call me anytime 24 x 7.   We have a good team with substantial experience in battling the official crime gang. Despite what a lot of lawyers would have you believe, it is possible to beat the crooks. Only 5% of kangaroo tribunal matters are published, consequently only insiders know what is really going on.  My partner's victory is one that will never be published because it demonstrates just how corrupt are the kangaroo tribunal, Adult Guardian and Public Trustee.  There was also a very damning report on the guardianship racket in the Gold Coast Bulletin, Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age last weekend.   I don't want or need to make anything out of my advocacy efforts, simply seeing people whacking the criminals is all the reward I need. 

    Oops, I neglected to include contact details. Actually I have left details elsewhere in this forum but you may not have read all my posts. Mobile 0488531824 is best. I'll answer it 24 x 7 providing I'm not asleep or out of mobile range.  Don't worry about the time because I'm often communicating with others around the world at all sorts of times.  Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is also fine but ignore anything else I've published … I need to change email addresses regularly as the evil ones at the bottom of Queen Street keep giving my address to spammers.

    I receive a number of calls from this site regarding victims of the guardianship racket. Only a few leave messages here, the majority phone or text 0488531824. Quite often I or an associate in another state can assist with advice on procedures or referral to known trustworthy medical and / or legal professionals, but it needs to be recognized that the official perpetuators are both exceptionally well organized and well protected. Whilst only a handful of victims have secured victory, the main reason why so many lose is their refusal to do what it takes.

    There is a very steep learning curve involved, and that entails coming to grips with the realization that no politician, no watchdog, no media company and no community legal service will provide meaningful support. In 'some' cases the UN Human Rights Council, International Criminal Court, or international human rights organization will get onboard, however their criteria are such that only precious few will satisfy them.  In effect, unless you have a pathological obsession with winning, and the will to do whatever it takes, do yourself a favour and give up now. Personally I'd dearly love to see every victim of the guardianship racket get their life back, but after years in this game, I now realize that only one in a thousand will run the race. If perchance you are one in a thousand, call me ASAP.The Office of the Public Trustee is conducting what can only be described as officially-sanctioned organized crime. 

    This insidious and predatory organization has been endowed with total immunity and protection and it is consequently accountable to nobody. No media entity, no public sector or private sector watchdog, no church, and no politician is prepared to lift a finger against the PTQ. Typically, 'victim protection' is quoted as justification for non-disclosure of material which could potentially identify a victim, although it is blatantly obvious that restricting collaboration between victims and hiding deliberate fraud and embezzlement are the REAL reasons for non-disclosure directives. Mind you the contribution which the PTQ provides to consolidated revenue is such that no morally and financially bankrupt government could afford to lose the income stream. Legislation joins the PTQ to the non-constitutional QCAT kangaroo tribunal in every guardianship matter.

    The Office of the Adult Guardian which funded by, and is therefore effectively a branch of the PTQ, is also joined. This creates an unholy cabal which procures shonky medical and allied health reports certifying the victim suffers alzheimers dementia. Dementia is a valuable tool to the crime gang as it implies the victim is a danger to themself and others, and must be institutionalized forthwith. It just so happens that owner-occupied homes are non-profitable business as the PTQ cannot impose (MIS)management fees on owner-occupied homes. Separating owner and home is therefore imperative and there is no depth to which the PTQ will not stoop to achieve this objective.

    A major component of PTQ income is derived by its in-house legal department. Given the state government's demonstrated obsession with unaccountability, it is not surprising that the Legal Services Commission will not investigate public complaints regarding public sector lawyers. Furthermore, it is alleged that many if not most PTQ 'lawyers' do not possess the practicing certificate needed to practice law, although yet another legislative shenanigan provides that a practicing certificate is not necessary for 'lawyers' working for public sector entities.

    Compliance of senior citizen organizations and community legaal centres is assured by way of bribes which are believed to be bankrolled by the Gambling Benefit Fund. Not surprisingly, the PTQ gets to use this slush fund to induce what would otherwise be honorable entities to support the predatory antics of the PTQ. 

    Carers Queensland openly admits to accepting dirty money to produce a series of YouTube videos extolling the virtues of the OPG, PTQ and QCAT kangaroo tribunal, and Caxton Street Legal Service is also funded by the PTQ. An even more 'interesting' interesting example of PTQ skullduggery is its retention of spotters (typically social workers) in the hospital system. It is understood that these spotters are paid by cash deposits into offshore bank accounts to refer potential merchandise (PTQ internal term for victims with assets) to the QCAT kangaroo tribunal. Needless to say, the kangaroo tribunal invariably decides that the victims lack capacity to manage their own affairs and that there is family conflict and undue influence (both created by the kangaroo tribunal) which supports the decision made prior to any hearing to deliver the merchandise to the PTQ for asset plundering.

    The reader is invited to form his or her own opinion regarding the possibility / probability of further inducements by the PTQ for supply of the merchandise, although those who have personally witnessed interactions between PTQ operatives and kangaroo tribunal quasi-judges are in no doubt that there are 'interesting' features which lead to considerable apprehension about the relationships between the parties.  Despite almost complete media cover-up and protection of the PTQ and its incestuous cohorts, the odd snippet is mentioned. Several years ago, a Courier Mail reporter revealed a PTQ internal memo requiring all staff dealing with a deceased estate to delay settlement until the maximum possible fees had been imposed, and more recently another report exposed a matter in which the 'client' had been deceased for weeks before the NSWTG became aware of his plight. A comparable event occurred in the Brisbane northside suburb of Banyo in 2018, although there was no media coverage on that occasion. 

    In addition to the extortionate fees and charges mentioned in the previous post, there are also massive legal fees and charges which are never disclosed unless a victim dies or escapes the clutches of the guardianship racket.  There are only three known instances in Queensland of a victim regaining capacity to manage their own affairs, Bucknall QSC09-128, Maher QCA11-225 and Marmin G29078 in 2017. In all cases, the full extent of PTQ embezzlement was only discovered months after the victory.  In a current matter, the PTQ is believed to have helped itself to some four million dollars of the victim's fifteen million dollar estate, however numerous requests for provision of complete financial statements have all been totally ignored. Something worth mentioning is that the PTQ legal department is permitted and even encouraged by the kangaroo tribunal to use the victim's money to fight the victims attempts to escape the PTQ / guardianship racket web, however despite legislation providing that a person with impaired capacity has automatic right to legal representation, the PTQ consistently refuses the victim access to their own funds to fight the PTQ / guardianship racket.

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