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Public consultation on financial enduring powers of attorney model laws

Department of Justice and Community Safety
Thursday 12th October, 2023
Wednesday 29th November, 2023

Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) has commenced public consultation on financial enduring powers of attorney model laws – please see: https://consultations.ag.gov.au/families-and-marriage/epoa/. The Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety encourages organisations…

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Disability royal commission seeks guardianship and administration reform, lifting blanket gag laws

ABC News
Monday 9th October, 2023

A letter from a stranger and an hour-long meeting is all it took to strip Martin* of his ability to see his family and live in his own home. A state…

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Silenced by the state

Anne Connolly and Hannah Meagher
ABC 7:30
Tuesday 20th June, 2023
Uli had no idea that it was a criminal offence to out himself, just as it is for more than 46,000 people around the country who have their finances controlled
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Let disabled people tell their stories! (update guardianship and administration law)

Uli Kaplan
Monday 29th May, 2023
Sunday 30th July, 2023
Did you know that disabled people cant legally talk to the media about their guardianship or administration hearings and experiences? They have to go to VCAT to ask permission.
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Guardianship Law: a human rights approach Natalie Wade Jun

Natalie Wade
DSC
Friday 17th June, 2022
As a disability rights lawyer who represents people with disabilities and their families every day, I know that there is often a lot of confusion and fear around guardianship laws;
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Intervention in G93966 – HYY (Guardianship) VCAT 97 – Jan 2022

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Thursday 19th May, 2022
This case is about when and how an appointed guardian can authorise the use of forcible physical restraint in order to administer medication to people under their guardianship.  This case
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Britney is finally free, but what about disabled people who aren’t famous?

Melissa Parker
The Independent
Sunday 14th November, 2021
The moment Britney was placed under that conservatorship, she was considered disabled by the law, allowing her to be dehumanised and commodified.
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Decision Time: Activating the rights of adults with cognitive disability

Office of the Public Advocate
Tuesday 9th March, 2021
The report focuses on matters relevant to people with cognitive disabilities, including mental health and neurological disabilities, which may affect their ability to make decisions without support. The 25 recommendations
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Landmark report aims to ‘revolutionise’ lives of 4 million Australians living with disabilities

Zach Hope
The Age
Sunday 28th February, 2021
One of the “most significant reports” ever released by Victoria’s Office of the Public Advocate will recommend that every person entering Australian prisons be screened for cognitive disabilities – a
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New Guardian and Administration Act (2019)

DARU
Wednesday 14th October, 2020
The new Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 came into effect on 1 March 2020. The new Act includes a presumption that a person has the capacity to make decisions unless
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