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Regarding your example of this person being forced into a mental institution, are you able to provide a source? I'm interested in learning more especially as I'm living in Australia, this is quite terrifying indeed.

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There's a gofundme.com page [0], but I'd recommend reading this article (by a queensland lawyer) titled 'Fixated Folk' [1]

[0] https://www.gofundme.com/barrister-needed-for-fiona-wilson

[1] https://www.nystlegal.com.au/2017/05/26/fixated-folk/

I did a search for "Fiona Wilson Australia fixated" and got back a few articles, not familiar enough with AU news to determine what is tabloids and what is not. Please post if anyone finds something reputable.

Did the same search. Everything is a tabloid or worse. Nothing reliable.

Wow that's a scary argument from authority, but you are right, only dubious blogs currently write about it.

The mainstream media are highly aware of the case, they are all legally blocked from mentioning it until the trial is finished.

A good article on the fixated persons unit by a QLD lawyer: https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/queenslan...

Same here. The most comprehensive write-up I could find was the blog post linked below. It contains a list of references but they all seem to point to irrelevant content, or to shady-looking 'news sources'.

http://www.blotreport.com/australian-politics/are-the-though...

This source [1] is not tabloid and has conducted thorough investigations of other stories [2][3] that MSM ignores.

[1] https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/queenslan...

[2] https://independentaustralia.net/jacksonville

[3] https://independentaustralia.net/ashbygate

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