As stated trustees are just obligated to follow the law. Nothing more and nothing less. If they don't they will be disqualified.
Incorrect, they represent the law and are often lawyers themselves. They can be disbarred for not following the law, or breaking it. They are the court the same way the judge is the court. They are pieces of a larger puzzle and all your bankruptcy documents are filed with them and with the court they represent.
That's laughable. A trustee is a lawyer???
A lawyer is not eligible see this from this website https://www.afsa.gov.au/practitioner/trustees/solicitor-controlling-trustees-eligibility-requirements
Controlling Trustee Eligibility Requirements
On 1 December 2004, new eligibility requirements for solicitor controlling trustees were introduced. Bankruptcy Regulation 8.35(1)(f) will provide that for subsection 188(2A) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 a person (other than the Official Trustee or a registered trustee) is not eligible to act as a controlling trustee if the person has not by 1 December 2006:
(i) become a full member of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association (ARITA); or
(ii) satisfactorily completed a course in insolvency approved by the Inspector-General [PDF 38KB]
Umm, that's not what that means.
What else could it mean? It states that a lawyer/ solicitor can't be a trustee.