Vulnerable Australians being forced into aged care

ABC NEWS (Australia) 2023-03-27

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The ABC's Background Briefing program has been investigating how the Public Guardian controls vulnerable people's lives. One man in his late 70s who is being kept against his will in a nursing home at a cost of more than $75 thousand a year.

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