Empower yourself
As Queensland’s Premier, Anna Bligh was on the coalface of natural disasters. Now, as head of the Australian Banking Association (ABA), she is getting a first-hand account of a far more sinister problem – that of elder financial abuse. An estimated one in 10 Australians is lobbying the government to create better protection against financial abuse, specifically to ensure the very thing that is supposed to protect us, enduring power of attorney, isn’t turned into a weapon.
