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21 September 2026

Taxpayers paid $4,500 for dead man's chair amid aged care delays

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Source reporting: abc.net.au

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Taxpayers paid $4,500 for dead man's chair amid aged care delays

Deidre de Jonge was burying her husband when she received the phone call she had been waiting on for months.

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