Speaking for myself

Planning for later life decision-making

This booklet is a joint Legal Aid NSW/The Benevolent Society publication. It is an updated version of an earlier booklet, Your future starts now, first produced by The Benevolent Society in 2005.

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Last updated November 2013

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