{"schema_version":"1.0.0","is_live_feed":false,"generated_at":"2026-08-27T18:23:07.993Z","headline":{"note":"There is no single \"people still to lodge\" figure. AFCA_LODGED counts complaints; AFFECTED counts people, and a person in both funds can lodge more than one complaint, so the two cannot be subtracted from each other. See components.affected and components.afca_lodged for the two real, sourced figures.","afca_figures_as_at":"2026-06-11","afca_figures_as_at_label":"11 June 2026","service_figures_as_at":"2026-08-27T18:23:07.993Z","sentence":"As at 11 June 2026, AFCA had received about 3,429 complaints over the Shield and First Guardian collapses, out of around 11,000 Australians ASIC says were affected. A complaint count and a people count measure different things and cannot be subtracted to produce a single \"still to lodge\" figure. Sources: ASIC and AFCA. This is not a live feed.","sentence_short":"about 3,429 complaints lodged with AFCA; around 11,000 people affected. Not directly comparable. AFCA and ASIC figures as at 11 June 2026."},"components":{"affected":{"value":11000,"display":"around 11,000","precision":"approximate","as_at":"2026-02-05","source":{"publisher":"ASIC","reference":"26-019MR","title":"ASIC media release 26-019MR, corroborated by the ASIC First Guardian enforcement page","url":"https://www.asic.gov.au/about-asic/news-centre/find-a-media-release/2026-releases/26-019mr-asic-takes-further-steps-to-support-australians-impacted-by-first-guardian-and-shield-collapse/","published":"2026-02-05"}},"afca_lodged":{"value":3429,"display":"about 3,429","precision":"approximate","as_at":"2026-06-11","source":{"publisher":"AFCA (reported)","reference":"Professional Planner Licensee Summit","title":"Shield and First Guardian AFCA complaints almost 3,500 amid awareness drive","url":"https://www.professionalplanner.com.au/2026/06/shield-and-first-guardian-afca-complaints-almost-3500-amid-awareness-drive/","published":"2026-06-11"},"breakdown":{"shield":1044,"first_guardian":1861,"both_funds":524}},"lodged_through_service_since":{"value":0,"as_at":"2026-08-27T18:23:07.993Z","counts":"distinct people with at least one confirmed lodgement dated strictly after the window start","window_start":null,"counted_since":null,"source":{"publisher":"Graham Marsland Pty Ltd","reference":"noaussieleftbehind.com","title":"Confirmed lodgements recorded by this service","url":"https://noaussieleftbehind.com","published":null},"note":"Zero: the service has not opened to the public, so no lodgement qualifies. Never seeded or backfilled."}},"staleness":{"afca_figures":{"stale":true,"days_since_as_at":77,"threshold_days":60,"reason":"AFCA publishes this figure periodically, not continuously. It changes only when AFCA or ASIC publish a new figure."},"service_figures":{"stale":false,"computed_at_request_time":true}}}