Harvesting and monetising people for capital gain the Public Trustees gorge on human disadvantage and service themselves. They do so in the knowledge of being fully protected by State and laws guranteeing teh silence and secrecy of their privilege.
Marla Grayson runs a lucrative, well-oiled racket, convincing the courts to grant her guardianship over dozens of elderly people whom she places in nursing homes. There they are sedated and left unable to contact anyone in the outside world. She then sells off their homes and assets, all through dubious but legal means, and pockets the proceeds. Anyone who watched last Monday’s Four Corners episode State Control, would recognise some shocking similarities between our 45-minute investigation and the Golden Globe winning movie. Trapped, stripped of assets, and silenced. And it’s all perfectly legal A Four Corners investigation reveals how people are virtually abducted and silenced under a system designed to protect Australia’s vulnerable. Chris Pearson Read more The difference being that, in Australia, it’s not individuals exploiting people with dementia, brain injuries and other disabilities — it’s our own state governments.