Rowena Petrenas News Today

While state care is a necessary last resort for many, horror stories have painted a bleak picture of the system that operates behind a veil of secrecy. But as Cason Ho writes, change may be afoot.

A family member applied for the Public Trustee to take control of an age pensioner's assets to stop him from being financially exploited. But now for every dollar he gets back, the state charges him a dollar too.