tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post4594270126210420108..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: Social Make-WorkersBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-53753500091602641522012-01-25T16:30:37.038+11:002012-01-25T16:30:37.038+11:00Totally agree with Walter. Have worked in state sc...Totally agree with Walter. Have worked in state schools as a teacher/attendance officer/behaviour teacher. I can't say anything about the family in the article but more often than not I felt that DOCS WASN'T doing enough to protect children in households where domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse were affecting the kids development and ability to learn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-20568341280616564672012-01-25T04:36:29.311+11:002012-01-25T04:36:29.311+11:00Professor. In the last post you mention "alle...Professor. In the last post you mention "alleged conservatives"<br />This post is hand in glove in pursuit of them.<br /><br />Let's cut to the chase:<br /><br />Should a family law court even exist?<br /><br />A venue for judges to "specialise" in meddling in domestic affairs?<br /><br />The attempt to codify ad infinitum has made null and void the most fundamental precepts of law itself.<br /><br />Conservatives? There are none.<br /><br />Or maybe look for a Jim Wallace [ex SAS brigadier].<br /><br />24hour gambling, booze, abortion on demand, gay bath house "rights", fertility clinics for infertile lesbian couples, 24 hour risk free no fault divorce, secular marriage, the secular myth black hole of all history, slap across the wrist drug sentences, <br /><br />but for God's sake don't try to cut down a protected tree in Booroondara. The councilors are saving the planet.<br /><br />In the nicest of all possible ways a few Christians might say "F your gay rights, F your temples to a___h, F your no fault divorce, F your funding to every special interest group with a bent fantastic delusional gripe, F your "free" welfare state, F your licenses to pursue your own lawful goals, F the corporate monopolies with licenses to steal, F gaia and gurus of new age pantheism, F the desal plant, F windmills, F dickheads who don't know what base load means, F climatologists who cannot forecast a single season's events, F economists who think that there is such a thing as a level playing field, F investment bankers in the Liberal Party, F multiculturalists, F kindergarten teachers who want to ban a nativity scene, F sex deviants who want to bastardise biology to teach a lie, F psychiatrists who want to pathologise childhood and get free airfares to a Ritalin talk fests, F relativists who won't admit there is bad behaviour that would make them vomit, F or jail scientists who wanted to abolish the Roman and Medieval warm period, F historians who want to say Imperialism is bad and Robert Mugabe liberated Zimbabwe...<br /><br />all said in love [of course]<br /><br />Anyway Prof, if you meet a conservative try to get a few minutes with Him, he could be your last; I mean the last one you ever meet.PhillipGeorge(c)2012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-63934464176800376992012-01-25T03:34:42.395+11:002012-01-25T03:34:42.395+11:00There is no mention of when the daughter retracted...There is no mention of when the daughter retracted her allegations. Also, I don't think that social services act wrongly in investigating an allegation of abuse even if it proves to be false.Lucillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-66458787826323927682012-01-25T01:39:24.860+11:002012-01-25T01:39:24.860+11:00Professor, I am persuaded that this gentle giant a...Professor, I am persuaded that this gentle giant and loving family man is the victim not only of a monstrous calumny but of state sanctioned and institutionalised racism. I will be forwarding your post to both the UN and Dr Charlie Teo, asking them to pursue it as a matter of urgency.DJMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-48501459154097785412012-01-24T23:36:44.068+11:002012-01-24T23:36:44.068+11:00It's the government, what can anyone expect. ...It's the government, what can anyone expect. The noble cause of protecting children from violence and sexual abuse is now used as a justification for police state tactics on the slightest suspicion of bad language. Cut their budget and staff by 50% and they'll focus their attention on the priority cases and not this petty sort of power game waged against a helpless family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-67125208205460792752012-01-24T23:17:26.485+11:002012-01-24T23:17:26.485+11:00Bunyip, I had occasion to notify a child within my...Bunyip, I had occasion to notify a child within my wider family to NSW authorities not long ago. The mother is a long-term diagnosed schizophrenic and alcoholic living with a similar male, was just out of involuntary hospital scheduling, was exhibiting renewed signs of a florid psychosis, the 8 year old child in her care was distressed and living in squalor. The person listing the call said that no action would be taken, no investigation, and that coping with a florid psychosis was "not ideal", but basically not really a problem for a child, as they "learn to cope" and the mother's rights must be respected. The relevant authorities are very selective in what they take on: it seems they go berzerko and throw massive resources at any suggestion of an 'inappropriate' touch, no matter how passing or unsubstantiated, but seem often, from what I have informally heard, to ignore much else.<br /><br />On a similar ideological note, when this relative by marriage was discharged from another involuntary stay a few years ago, her own family could not take her in and she was homeless, living in a boarding house. I went with her into the nightmare of the NSW public housing system to check on her priority application to be housed, and found they had her details wrong (their fault) and she was low on the list. They said she would have to wait at least six months, quite likely for a year or more. I thought for a few seconds, and said: "Oh, how terrible that she has to put up for so long with old guys in the hostel trying to grope her" (you would grope this big and agro girl at your own risk by the way). They rang the very next day and offered her a two bedroom flat, which she was grateful to get; but something ideological is going on here. Same for the family court. Scream 'he hit me' and he'll lose the kids, even if the the 'hit' was a hand on the shoulder. <br /><br />And no, my advocacy has nothing to do with my current domestic situation. The Ape is an innocent bystander. Mine is not the oft-heard and perhaps suspect tale of a new lady in a guy's life, where the new woman takes up cudgels on the man's behalf. This is just a sad story from a middle class woman who has had, through lack of anyone else to help, to deal with 'the system' suffered by the poor and genuinely needy, financed by my taxes.Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-12286474833656092602012-01-24T22:55:52.159+11:002012-01-24T22:55:52.159+11:00Sorry, Prof. Off-topic, but I'm absolutely gag...Sorry, Prof. Off-topic, but I'm absolutely gagging about The Age's behaviour this evening (Tuesday) in promoting as the lead on its website a piece of biased, half-arsed "research" by a group of WA "academics" that accuses anyone flying the national flag on Thursday of being racist. The fact that The Age has promoted this hateful bile, knowing that it wedges readers according to their left-right political orientation, is disgraceful. It shows me that The Age is a divisive, political activist organisation that has no independent interest in news and it confirms to me that it has no future while the current editorial management remains in charge. http://www.theage.com.au/wa-news/australia-day-car-flag-flyers-racist-20120123-1qdoi.htmlTomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-52878338447898636162012-01-24T20:30:02.551+11:002012-01-24T20:30:02.551+11:00Sorry Bunyip,
Having family working for the Dept I...Sorry Bunyip,<br />Having family working for the Dept I hear the complete opposite stories. There may be the occasional case which is unfounded but surely it is better to look into it and investigate it properly. <br />When it comes to the protection of children there are so many variables that no single case can be dismissed before being placed in front of the court. With the amount of sexual abuse and deaths of children who are listed with DHS continuing to increase it is my belief that there is more attention needed, not less.<br />It is heart breaking to hear of children being placed back in bad situations, who end up more damaged, because there are no placements available. Or even worse when DHS workers have to face a Court at 100am after working all night, without proper legal representation, and try to find a solution. <br />After a decade of degradation of this service and it's workers it is about time they were given a clear set of guidelines and the ability to do their job to the best of their abilities.<br />Not just have to cover their backsides the whole time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-85088851358250670742012-01-24T18:23:50.127+11:002012-01-24T18:23:50.127+11:00When I was a bail justice I was occasionally calle...When I was a bail justice I was occasionally called in by DHS to authorise interim accommodation orders. So I saw some of this from the inside, usually late at night. The DHS workers I came across were always professional and doing their best in difficult circumstances. For the most part the families were devious and manipulating and were practised at spinning a plausible yarn. DHS workers are restrained while dysfunctional casual groupings erroneously referred to as 'families' can spout any bullshit they like and generally do.Walter Plingenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-38009594682486169262012-01-24T16:39:52.044+11:002012-01-24T16:39:52.044+11:00Q. What's the difference between DHS and a pit...Q. What's the difference between DHS and a pitt bull terrier?<br />A. A pitt bull will give you your kids back. <br /><br />AlfieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-75206028419638345682012-01-24T16:36:16.922+11:002012-01-24T16:36:16.922+11:00Oh dear - and to think of those little kids farmed...Oh dear - and to think of those little kids farmed out into paedophile environments without the necessary checks and balances being undertaken. Glad to see the DHS concentrates on priorities!<br /><br />Where's Big Ted when you need him?<br /><br />JMHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-38666717145139954242012-01-24T16:21:52.924+11:002012-01-24T16:21:52.924+11:00See also Christopher Booker passim.See also <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/" rel="nofollow">Christopher Booker</a> <i>passim</i>.Deadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012725254441170657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-5162440459976712212012-01-24T16:19:11.842+11:002012-01-24T16:19:11.842+11:00I've heard similar tales. These institutions ...I've heard similar tales. These institutions and industries need fodder to keep their wheels turning. Don't ever let them get their claws into you. Same goes for the mental health industry; The cancer industry likes giving you a good going over also.Mr.Apocalypsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-84639313791106682422012-01-24T16:07:12.192+11:002012-01-24T16:07:12.192+11:00My jaw needs wiring shut after reading that. I'...My jaw needs wiring shut after reading that. I'm open mouth floored. Why didn't the Age hack ask any of those questions? What do they pay reporters to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com