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Rudi Maxwell

DARK SECRETS: Indigenous advocates plead to save sorry business | Rare Historical Photos

Aboriginal financial counsellor Lynda Edwards says Youpla targeted vulnerable First Nations people. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

More than a year after the collapse of a failed funeral insurer, Lynda Edwards is heading to Canberra to plead with the government to help the thousands of Indigenous people targeted by the company.

Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund, also known as Youpla, sold junk funeral insurance plans to Indigenous people across Australia for more than 30 years, despite concerns being raised by First Nations, financial, legal and consumer organisations.

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