The Predator on the Couch and Why the Government's 10-Year Elder Abuse Plan is a Decade Too Late
(FYI: Elder Abuse is Everybody's Business)
It's another uniquely Australian ritual: to assume the worst only happens to someone else. We watch the evening news, see a story about a family home being swindled and stolen from an older person, and think, 'That would never happen in our family.'
But here’s the uncomfortable truth: you don't need a stranger to steal your foundation. Sometimes, the threat is sitting right there on the couch, drinking your tea.
The last question you should ask first
Your biggest financial decision has a blind spot. Here’s how to fix it.
Checking your personal insurability isn't the last step in a big decision - it's the first.
It's a uniquely Australian ritual. Every few years, the north-eastern coast of Australia is either devastated by catastrophic floods one year, fires seemingly the next. Lives, homes and businesses are swallowed up by churning brown water or burnt beyond a crisp. The media descends. We hear the same questions on a loop: “Why do people still build here?” and “Why do businesses still stay here?” and inevitably, “Don’t they know it’s a flood zone?’”
But they always miss the real question, the one that truly matters: What happens when you become uninsurable?
