eConveyancing labelled “Robodebt 2.0” as banks, lawyers, and automated title systems face unprecedented scrutiny
A Queensland Department of Justice bailiff, Mr Sam Brown, has been charged by Queensland Police with serious assault occasioning bodily harm and wilful damage following a violent incident during an attempted home repossession at a Sunshine Coast property on October 5, 2025.
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The property owner, Mr Mal Braxton sent a copy of a text message to Cairns News he received from Coolum police station at10.48am on Monday October 6, 2025 confirming the bailiff had been charged: “Hi Mal, it’s Senior Constable Zumani from Coolum Station. Just in relation to your complaint, we did end up charging the male involved Samuel Brown. Can you call me back on…..”
Despite the bailiff’s claim that the family would be evicted by August 27, 2025, the Braxton family remains lawfully in possession of their home today, protected by unbroken indefeasibility of title under the Torrens system.
This police action confirms that the event was not a lawful civil enforcement but a criminal assault committed under colour of authority, exposing how financial institutions and their lawyers have drawn police into unlawful property seizures.
“That second charge of wilful damage carries symbolic weight — it underscores how officers and agents acting as “Toe Cutters” under orders that do not bind the land are not merely breaching process, but are causing real-world damage and fraud on title,” Mr Culleton said.
“The fact that Queensland Police have now acted against a Court-appointed Bailiff sends a clear message.
“Police are beginning to realise they’ve been misled into enforcing civil claims that have no lawful foundation.”
Across Australia, police are increasingly discovering they’ve been manipulated into civil matters driven by lawyer-drafted documents masquerading as court orders.
These actions often proceed without judicial authority or registered enforcement warrants, and when police attend “to keep the peace,” they are, in fact, trespassing on land still owned by the registered proprietor.
“Police must understand — civil enforcement is not a police function,” said Culleton.
“Where no lawful change in ownership exists, the owner’s right to quiet enjoyment is absolute.”
Digital fraud behind Australia’s land title systems
The Braxton case has also again reignited national concerns about eConveyancing, the fully digital property-transfer system that has replaced traditional Torrens Title registration with automated software processes controlled by private operators like PEXA.
Rural Action Movement (RAM) highly supports the Carolyn’s Amnesty Law 2025, that electronic lodgement has stripped away human oversight, allowing fraudulent transfers to slip through undetected — a scandal increasingly dubbed “Robodebt 2.0 for property.”
“Just as Robodebt automated injustice, eConveyancing automates property theft,” said a RAM spokesman.
“RAM alleges in most cases, that banks are lodging false ‘Mortgagee in possession’ undetected transfers without lawful warrants, and the system lets them through — no human checks, no accountability.”
Registrars of Titles across Australia have admitted that fraud detection powers are inadequate, with the Registrars Council recently calling for enhanced enforcement authority and an ACCC investigation into PEXA’s monopoly control.
Despite public assurances by NSW Registrar-General Danusia Cameron on 18 September 2025 that “inbuilt protections” prevent fraud, the Sydney Morning Herald revealed only a week later that police had uncovered a Sydney crime syndicate laundering property through fraudulent loans — proof that the so-called protections are failing.
Proposed (Carolyn’s Amnesty Law) bill 2025
The (Carolyn’s Amnesty Law) Bill 2025, introduced by Carolyn Thomson, who lost her property by fraud on title, and supported by former Senator Culleton and RAM, seeks to restore lawful title where fraud or error has tainted ownership.
The Bill proposes an independent audit of all digital title transfers and a moratorium on enforcement actions until fraudulent instruments are identified and corrected.
“This is a turning point. Police are waking up, Title Registrars are listening, and the public is demanding accountability. The Amnesty Bill gives both victims and officers a lawful way forward,” Culleton said.
Call for national accountability
RAM and Culleton are calling for:
A national inquiry into misuse of police and court officers in civil enforcement;
A review of all property seizures and digital transfers without valid authority;
Legislative reform banning police involvement in civil matters;
Full support for the Amnesty Bill (Carolyn) 2025 to restore lawful title and rebuild public confidence.
“Police have been used as corporate tools in a private war against the public,” Culleton said.
“Now that they see it for what it is, it’s time to stand back, uphold the law, and protect the people from the “TOE CUTTERS” — not the banks.”
Are land titles registers the next Robodebt?
Australia’s shift to digital conveyancing has placed property rights at the mercy of algorithms, software vendors, and bank lawyers — not Registrars of Titles.
Without urgent oversight and reform, advocates warn, our homes and farms risk becoming data entries in a privatised system where fraud is invisible and justice is automated out of existence.
NOTICE TO ALL POLICE AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS
This case stands as a formal notice to all enforcement agencies nationwide:
Police cannot lawfully participate in civil property enforcement.
“Keeping the peace” does not justify entry onto land with no lawful change of ownership.
The registered owner’s title if unbroken remains indefeasible until lawfully transferred.
Participation in unlawful enforcement exposes officers to criminal and civil liability for trespass, assault, and abuse of office.