ABC TV's 7.30 Report explores unjust gag laws in particular which forbid even ex-clients from speaking about their experience with Public Trustees. Parts one and two of the viedos aired are at the bottom of the above linked page.

There was also a 6 minute wrap-up interview which is available as a separate video: here is Sarah Ferguson interviewing Rosalind Croucher, the president of the Australian Human Rights Commission.

ABC reports that "Among the disability royal Commission's recommendations are lifting blanket gag laws across the country, and overhauling legislation to ensure people with disability are better included in decisions about their own lives."

Tasmania meanwhile is leading the way with legislative reform to eliminate these gag laws.

All of this is about a year after ABC's Four Corners documentary.

Below are the penalties for publicly disclosing that a person is under the Public Trustee/Guardian,
or even (eg in NSW) publication of names or identification of persons involved in tribunal hearings...