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Youpla funeral insurance founder’s multimillion-dollar yacht arrives in Vanuatu

The company founded by Ron Pattenden collapsed owing millions in unpaid policies to thousands of low-income Aboriginal families

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne earthquake and recent flooding drive surge in insurance complaints

Thousands of Australians have lodged official complaints over delayed insurance payouts after recent flooding triggered a surge in claims.

The New Daily

The elders fearing death – and generational debt – after Youpla funeral fund collapse

In the postcodes worst hit by the collapse of the funeral insurer, older Aboriginal people are ‘torn apart’ by the thought they have no way to pay for a funeral they thought they had already paid for

The Guardian - AU

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Youpla funeral fund collapse leaves 31 Aboriginal families struggling to pay for burials

Exclusive: Community support groups call for accountability and justice, saying at least one family is collecting cans to help pay for a funeral

The Guardian - AU

Earthquake insurance claims generate most complaints after COVID, floods emergency: AFCA

Victoria's September 22 earthquake is the third most complained about insurance event in the last year after COVID-19 and east coast flooding, according to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority.

ABC News

Youpla: how Aboriginal funeral fund evaded regulators despite 30 years of complaints

State and federal authorities raised concerns periodically, but fund continued to target vulnerable people until its final collapse in March

The Guardian - AU

The inside story of the Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund collapse and the missing millions

For decades, First Nations people made contributions to the Aboriginal Funeral Benefit Fund. Now it's collapsed, thousands are asking: How was it allowed to trade for so long?

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Linda Burney says investigating Youpla funeral fund will be ‘top of my agenda’

Incoming Indigenous affairs minster says predicament of families affected by collapse of predatory funeral fund is ‘totally unacceptable’

The Guardian - AU

Employee at collapsed Youpla funeral fund allegedly used racial slur about Aboriginal clients

Staff member allegedly told colleague: ‘We aren’t here to show them respect or dignity. We are here to get money from them’

The Guardian - AU

Yachts and mansions: founder of company that left thousands of Aboriginal people out of pocket made more than $20m, tax-free

Ron Pattenden continued to make money from the Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund even after selling it in the wake of damning royal commission findings

The Guardian - AU

AFCA Executive Director Todd Berry on Surviving COVID-19: ‘I Feel Very Fortunate To Be Here’

A mainstay in college football, Todd Berry and his wife, Lisa, detail his harrowing days in the hospital earlier this year, when doctors said he had a 50-50 chance to live.

Sports Illustrated

Bowie State’s Damon Wilson Named AFCA Division II National Coach Of The Year

HBCU head coach recognized for one of his university's best seasons.

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