I hate the nab

I have decided to upload a short video on You Tube to let everyone know my story, how unbelievable this all is and raise a number of issues which I feel we, as a nation, need to discuss.  I understand that there are some who think I've done the video to try to embarrass the National Australia Bank into paying me off to keep quiet about their appalling business practices.  Guess what?  That's not what it's about.  It is TOO LATE for me, the bank cannot give me back the farm - they've sold it, the bank cannot give me back my life - they have annihilated it, I do not want to speak to anyone from the bank about this case.  The only thing I wanted from the bank was the right to stay in my home - that is no longer an option, that dream is dead.

I do however, want to talk to the Government about changing the way the banks can abuse the legal system to harm Australian citizens and steal their homes as well as cost them their life savings.

Follow me on You Tube, I will be making much shorter videos to highlight the different issues I have raised in this one.

 

 

 

Sorry I didn't get around to updating this on the 10th but things have been hectic since we lost the appeal in court.  I can't believe it, we didn't lose because we didn't have a case - we get to sue the bank for damages; we lost because we couldn't prove damages.  WTF?????  We lost 30 years worth of work, in court one of the judges made it sound like all we lost was a property that we had borrowed money from the nab to buy and we couldn't meet repayments.  No sir, we purchased our original farm property 17 years ago, thank you very much (and we bought it from the sale of our properties in Kalgoorlie and Kambalda), the National Australia Bank stole our property and I don't care what the court says - I can prove it. 

This was the perfect case of predatory lending and the bank should have been held accountable for its actions - but of-course everybody thinks we can't touch the banks, they sit firmly above the law, never mind that they are thieves.  I'm thinking about my next move, but this is not going to end until the bank is held accountable.

The new tshirt designs on the left say it all.  I'd love you all to buy one (or a bag or shirt) to show that you too are sick to death of the banks getting away with daylight robbery go to http://www.cafepress.com.au/omalicious

 

And yes, I will keep this website going, we need to change the system so that the system protects us from them.  What good is a law if the banks know they will continue to get away with it?  We need to change this and my big question for today - if not now, when?  When exactly will be the right time to make banks pay for their stuff ups and greed?  When will decent Aussies get a look in without having to resort to suing banks for damages when all that does is line the lawyers pockets and never really rights the wrongs?  My lifestyle is gone - I've been forced to become a city slicker and I'm not happy about it - watch this space.

 

6.56am

Not sure why the bank is so positive that it will win in court today but I do know that they have finally advertised the other farm for sale.  

Is it too late to sell my soul to the devil to get me out of this?  Oh, that's right, that's what I did when I signed up for the loan from hell with the National Australia Bank. 

We went back to court on December 16th and the judge handed down his ruling on our application for a stay of execution to stop the bank from taking our farm (we had already handed over one property in September).  We were granted our stay of execution meaning we didn't have to move just yet (we have been living out of boxes since early September because we did what we had to and packed up the house when it looked like we had to leave straight away).  The judge also gave us a date for our appeal hearing - February 10, which is rushing up way too fast for my comfort.

I'm not sure who was more shocked by the decision - me or the banks' lawyer (apologies for the apostrophe being in the wrong spot).  I know it didn't sink in until about half an hour later that we would have our appeal heard.  What this means is that a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia has decided that there is enough evidence to prove that we had a defence and questions need to be answered by the National Australia Bank.  If we didn't have a reasonable chance of proving our case we would not have been granted an appeal - the courts don't like their time being wasted on frivolous law suits.

Although just now there isn't too much in the way of specific stuff here that is more to do with the fact that I need to get this new site online rather than there isn't anyh.  I will put in all the stupid stuff the lawyer said and/or implied in court such as; I lied to the bank to get the loan - to me the bank manager is the bank and I told him our financial situation - all of it, no lies and he used it to get the loan approved - I don't know how he did it, I haven't seen the original documents, I do know there were 2 applications lodged and the first one was not approved - but we didn't know it at the time - we found that out last year.  There is no way I would have tried a second application. (ok, turning into a rant again, will fix it :) when I've had some sleep and can think again)

If anyone is interested I guess you can get a hold of the court transcripts - I have no intention of publishing anything on here that I cannot back up.