Integrity Care SA directors register two new businesses despite Ann Marie Smith neglect scandal

Directors from the company at the centre of the Annie Smith neglect case have registered new businesses to the same home that was raided by police on Tuesday.

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Directors from the embattled company that was in charge of caring for disability neglect victim Annie Smith have opened two new businesses in their name.

Integrity Care SA directors Amy-June Collins, and Philip Greenland, both of Huntfield Heights, registered the new businesses in August at their home address.

Ms Collins registered a business, AIDA Management on August 22, and Mr Greenland registered Greenland Home Maintenance Services on August 14.

MP Nat Cook said it was unacceptable for any directors linked to the Annie Smith case to be running businesses involved with caring for vulnerable people. Picture: AAP Image/Keryn Stevens

The death of Ann Marie Smith, who was under Integrity Care’s care when she died in horrible circumstances, is the subject of a manslaughter investigation.

Opposition human services spokeswoman Nat Cook said the directors should not be free to open new businesses.

“Nobody under investigation in the case of Annie Smith should be free to establish any agency that provides care or has any connection to people providing care and support to anyone in this state,” Ms Cook said.

Integrity Care SA was banned from operating on August 12 by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.

“It’s clear that Integrity Care has been able to continue to operate by changing its target clientele and unless someone stands in and stops this, they will continue to do so,.”

It comes after Major Crime Detectives raided the Integrity Care SA office in Edwardstown, and the Huntfield Heights address the new businesses are registered at on Tuesday.

Detective Superintendent Des Bray, the officer in charge of Major Crime, said detectives seized financial records, documents, and electronic storage units to assist the criminal and coronal investigations into Ms Smith’s death. Ms Smith died in degrading circumstances in April.

Her carer, from Integrity Care SA, Rosemary Maione, has been arrested and charged for her manslaughter. Yesterday, Labor struck back at the Marshall Liberal Government for blocking legislative changes to the Community Visitor Scheme in parliament.

Rosemary Maione leaves the Adelaide Women’s Prison with her son after being released on bail, August 13, 2020. Picture: Brenton Edwards

The legislation aimed to change current law which prevents Community Visitors from entering facilities with NDIS patients, which was recommended in an independent review into the death of Ms Smith.

“While the Community Visitor alone may not have changed the outcome in Annie Smith’s case, nobody can be certain, and if this change can save one life it will be well worth it,” Ms Cook said.

Minister for Human Services, Michelle Lensink, said the community visitor scheme continues in South Australia, contrary to what Labor claimed.

“It was expanded by the Marshall Liberal Government and never available to people in private

homes,” Ms Lensink said.

“Once again Labor has tried to push through legislation on the run, ignoring the experts and people with lived experience and denying proper consultation.”

She said the state government was committed to working with the federal government and the NDIS Commission to ensure a lawful scheme can operate going forward.