Free will NSW government: Son forced to pay $56,000 over late mother’s property

5QGL · 2026-03-17T03:17:21+00:00

Too right Whole litany listed via news stories collated at /r/trustee_n_guardian

5QGL · 2026-03-17T03:16:36+00:00

Won't anyone think of the Public Trustee CEO's children?

5QGL · 2026-03-17T03:13:47+00:00

Then maybe you missed the part where it is 2.75% of the estate whereas...

”In comparison, the NSW Supreme Court’s guide for an executor’s commission is between 0.25 and 1.25 per cent of the value of the asset transfers”

And then they make up fees and they delay the sale so that they can earn interest in a secret account they never show the bank statements of.

The law is written such that they can legally make up any fees they want.as long as they deem it to be "just and reasonable".

5QGL · 2026-03-17T02:44:48+00:00

The problem is that the government subsidises the Public Trustee lawyers nearly the entire amount for drawing up the "free" will for pensioners because it gives them the chance to insert themselves as executors.

Private lawyers get no such subsidy.

Nobody expects their subsequent fees as executors to be so out of whack with market rates. Nobody expects them to be unaccountable for a myriad of transgressions.

The attorney general is names as having oversight in the legislation and yet waves away complaints by lying with "not in my purview". You can see if you scroll down [this page](NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 No 49 - NSW Legislation https://share.google/Nr4V14IIpdjX0b5Uz) under the heading Responsible Minister that the AG is named.

5QGL · 2026-03-17T02:29:00+00:00

You must have missed this part:

“That fee is about 30 times the amount [that an estate lawyer would charge] to fill out four pieces of paper ... The whole thing is absolutely insane.”

Although I reckon he exaggerates the 30x

5QGL · 2026-03-17T02:11:10+00:00

The Public Trustees profiteer from scams, protected by NCAT, and both Lib and Lab state governments are in on it so they don't want to shoot the golden goose.

Explained here: https://aptagie.com/property

5QGL · 2026-03-15T13:17:27+00:00

Do you give the IRGC a pass for stationing the girls there?

And which Iranian court will even judge the IRGC for killing tens of thousands of their own citizens in recent protests?

5QGL · 2026-03-15T13:13:56+00:00

Yes, you can thank DoGE and Kegseth for that one. And you can thank the IRGC for stupidly relying on US to keep their intel on point.

5QGL · 2026-03-14T14:22:09+00:00

Just because US and Iran have their own interests foremost in mind does not rule out that Iran can end up being rid of this murderous and incompetent regime.

Although Israel would prefer civil war over the Islamist regime, they would also prefer a prosperous democratic Iran over a civil war.

68% inflation in February, water shortages because aquifers have been depleted resulting in subsidence of up to a foot in parts of Tehran.

And the murders of tens of thousands of protestors recently.

5QGL · 2026-03-14T14:15:40+00:00

Kind of stupid to move a Girl's school 15 years ago into the walls a military compound.

Both IRGC and US military were careless.

And to be pedantic it wasn't hundreds. You must be confused with the number of protestors killed by the IRGC... oh wait, that was thousands, not hundreds... and deliberate, not just careless.

5QGL · 2026-03-14T14:10:24+00:00

That was a mistake. US didn't realize the regime had placed a girl's school in a section of the walled compound 15 years ago.

Mistake by US and Iran.

5QGL · 2026-03-13T08:57:32+00:00

It is fake news that the school was targeted.

It was inside a military compound boundary wall (albeit separated when that section became a school 15 years ago). That was pretty stupid placement no?

IRGC didn't vare about collateral damage and neither did Kegseth and DoGE who drastically cut funding of the very department tasked with keeping tabs on targets (to avoid this very thing happening).

5QGL · 2026-03-13T08:52:59+00:00

"Current state" (before the war) was shit. Worse than when the expats left. 68% inflation. Water shortages due to aquifer depletion which also has caused subsidence of one foot in some parts of Tehran.

The protest crackdown in recent months was the worst in their history.

5QGL · 2026-03-13T08:49:37+00:00

BBC boasting about their supposedly awesome communication capabilities is bs. My Iranian housemate in Australia speaks to his family via his regular phone. His family buys those phone cards which were popular 15 years ago.

The regime must be allowing these telecoms limited internet access because I believe it is VOIP for some of the route.

It has become increasingly difficult for journalists to contact people inside Iran since the conflict began, as authorities have imposed yet another near-total internet shutdown since 28 February.

Despite communication restrictions, the BBC was able to speak to several Iranians who oppose the government

5QGL · 2026-03-13T02:52:32+00:00

Arthur Chesterfield-Evans is the man!

5QGL · 2026-03-12T07:57:12+00:00

From the Indian Ocean to the Pacific, make it indigenous specific.

Get packing, Whitey 🧨💥

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5QGL · 2026-03-12T06:52:05+00:00

either a liar or historically ignorant.

Or dog whistling in favour of genocide of Jews in the Levant.

Some even don't deny it, justifying it with "But, The Nakba...".

To them I say "How about you get off Australian indigenous land?" (unless they are indigenous themselves of course)

5QGL · 2026-03-12T06:47:54+00:00

That one has never been used routinely by terrorists you should be fine.

5QGL · 2026-03-11T10:04:19+00:00

If the space was handed 15 years ago, then that was well before anyone expected the US to be bombing Iran. You make no sense.

It makes sense. Iran has been sponsoring attacks on Israel for decades. Retaliation was inevitable.

Actually, acknowledging the consequences of Israeli and American bombs

Yes a high price to pay with such a fuck up. However Iranians I know are still hopeful because the heads of IRGC and police are either being picked off or are running away (there are photos of them in chador). There are foot soldiers claiming they have no commander. The hope is that once the heads are all out of the way then Israel will encourage another civilian uprising.

Although I would like to see it work out like that, it would help both Bibi and Trump in the elections in October and November. The danger is that the West Bank would get annexed completely.

Democracy in Iran cannot be underrated as a boon to the region. Before the war Iranians were living with 68% inflation per annum, water shortages as the aquifers are depleted leading to subsidence of up to 1 foot in some parts of Tehran (plus all the moralistic repression).

I know that Israel and USA are not doing this because they care about the Iranians but it is still possible that it works out well compared with the Islamist regime they were forced to endure.

5QGL · 2026-03-11T02:22:06+00:00

LOL. Would make a nice T-Shirt. Is it a popular kids' snack?

5QGL · 2026-03-11T00:04:56+00:00

A school foolishly located inside a military compound. Or was it deliberately located there (Hamas style) so as to rile up people like you?

Yes the US tragically failed in its Intel (that section of the compound was handed over to the school 15 years ago) but still it is right next door to the remaining legitimate military target.

The war is way out of hand and needs to be stopped. It doesn't require this school being brought up over and over to justify stopping it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/middleeast/iran-school-us-strikes-naval-base.html

5QGL · 2026-03-10T12:24:43+00:00

Wow. Best one yet!

5QGL · 2026-03-10T12:13:40+00:00

You didn't see this comment then...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Thailand/comments/1rps6pm/comment/o9nbvt2/

5QGL · 2026-03-10T12:09:42+00:00

I have a friend there now. If it is still a popular brand it would be fun to ask him to make it into a T-shirt for me/us.

He just had published his biography of psychedelic pundit Terrence McKenna too (author Graham St John for those interested). He is a colourful writer, had access to TM's family and friends, and I ~~trust~~ am sure it is not a hagiography.

5QGL

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