http://www.power4parents.org/forum/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:03:18 +1000 MyBB http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=522 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:31:44 +1000 justice robot http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=522 There is no better time for our issues to receive fair hearing
The issue of false positives gets so little press attention in the usual news cycle.
The issues of government employees tampering with records and interfering in and with interviews needs attention
There are many other National Issues relating to the actual best interest of the Child
I'd like to hear some ideas from other members asap
We only have a few short weeks to make a difference nationally

There are now 303 members with familiees and friends who all vote
Get active and speak to both your contacts and your local MP lets make a difference for the kids and the parents by acting NOW!]]> There is no better time for our issues to receive fair hearing
The issue of false positives gets so little press attention in the usual news cycle.
The issues of government employees tampering with records and interfering in and with interviews needs attention
There are many other National Issues relating to the actual best interest of the Child
I'd like to hear some ideas from other members asap
We only have a few short weeks to make a difference nationally

There are now 303 members with familiees and friends who all vote
Get active and speak to both your contacts and your local MP lets make a difference for the kids and the parents by acting NOW!]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=509 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:37:01 +1000 Mr Slayer http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=509
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFvSwvsG1bI

Description:
This is what our government is doing to our families. The state requires funding from federal purse and will do anything to achieve their means. The young girl when inside almost had her face smashed into a fish tank by unprofessional Queensland police.

It was agreed by many of our peers and people in the Department of Child Safety that our children should not have been taken from us.

After the long bloody court battle we had our children returned and the once close and happy siblings personalities were tampered with and it took a year to settle them again. They are happy at home now.

We found self representing ourselves was the only way to get justice as the legal aid system here is over relaxed, self serving, powerless against power corrupted police and a nanny state government.

Australians at a state level lack any human rights.

Children are dying at the hands of a verbose government who fails to care more than the parents they accuse.

You can discuss Australian injustices of all forms at http://www.ihategovdept.com. Please help stand up to this tyrannous corrupt government. Our leaders break laws, shred evidence, get caught and face no recourse due to unjust immunity from prosecution laws.

Also take the time to look up http://www.lukesarmy.com. These children are lucky compared to some. Many children have been abused much more seriously than in this video.

Disclaimer: According to QLD police and DoCS the contents of this video constitutes "reasonable force" and therefore is not deemed as child abuse under QLD State legislation. The author of this video trusts that the youtube community will accept this as newsworthy material.]]>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFvSwvsG1bI

Description:
This is what our government is doing to our families. The state requires funding from federal purse and will do anything to achieve their means. The young girl when inside almost had her face smashed into a fish tank by unprofessional Queensland police.

It was agreed by many of our peers and people in the Department of Child Safety that our children should not have been taken from us.

After the long bloody court battle we had our children returned and the once close and happy siblings personalities were tampered with and it took a year to settle them again. They are happy at home now.

We found self representing ourselves was the only way to get justice as the legal aid system here is over relaxed, self serving, powerless against power corrupted police and a nanny state government.

Australians at a state level lack any human rights.

Children are dying at the hands of a verbose government who fails to care more than the parents they accuse.

You can discuss Australian injustices of all forms at http://www.ihategovdept.com. Please help stand up to this tyrannous corrupt government. Our leaders break laws, shred evidence, get caught and face no recourse due to unjust immunity from prosecution laws.

Also take the time to look up http://www.lukesarmy.com. These children are lucky compared to some. Many children have been abused much more seriously than in this video.

Disclaimer: According to QLD police and DoCS the contents of this video constitutes "reasonable force" and therefore is not deemed as child abuse under QLD State legislation. The author of this video trusts that the youtube community will accept this as newsworthy material.]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=485 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:39:45 +1000 colemancol http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=485 Health Tips

Tip 1: Find out how many calories you need
Tip 2: Eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day
Tip 3: Watch for Portion Size
Tip 4: Do not Skip Meals
Tip 5: Go for wholesome fresh foods
Tip 6: Don't be overly-restrictive
Tip 7: Understand Food Claims and Labels
Tip 8: Watch for the sugary drinks
Tip 9: Keep a food journal
Tip 10: Exercise]]> Health Tips

Tip 1: Find out how many calories you need
Tip 2: Eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day
Tip 3: Watch for Portion Size
Tip 4: Do not Skip Meals
Tip 5: Go for wholesome fresh foods
Tip 6: Don't be overly-restrictive
Tip 7: Understand Food Claims and Labels
Tip 8: Watch for the sugary drinks
Tip 9: Keep a food journal
Tip 10: Exercise]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=483 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:56:17 +1000 Rusty http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=483
Otherwise you will be banned permanently and the post deleted!

Rusty]]>
Otherwise you will be banned permanently and the post deleted!

Rusty]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=477 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:59:53 +1000 nikdevid http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=477
Bovine spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), popularly known as 'mad cow' disease, is a fatal disease of cattle causing degeneration of brain tissue. It first appeared in Britain in 1986. In 1996 a new strain of Creutzfeldt - Jacob disease appeared, resulting from eating BSE - infected beef products.
Thanks.]]>
Bovine spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), popularly known as 'mad cow' disease, is a fatal disease of cattle causing degeneration of brain tissue. It first appeared in Britain in 1986. In 1996 a new strain of Creutzfeldt - Jacob disease appeared, resulting from eating BSE - infected beef products.
Thanks.]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=466 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:56:00 +1000 zytazenon01 http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=466
I'd like to live as a poor man with a lots of money. This thing keep me motivated. Whenever I stop, I think always about it. How can I get my goal.]]>
I'd like to live as a poor man with a lots of money. This thing keep me motivated. Whenever I stop, I think always about it. How can I get my goal.]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=463 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:01:15 +1000 justice robot http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=463 I just found this case where the appeal was upheld against DoCS

Johnson v Department of Community Services [indicates case citing references available]
Citation: [2000] Aust Torts Reports 63,472 (81-540), [1999] NSWSC 1156
Court: Supreme Court of New South Wales (NSW)
Judges: Rolfe
Judgment Date: 2/12/1999
Digest | Top

Limitation of actions > Extension or postponement of limitation periods > Extension of time in personal injuries matters > Knowledge of material facts of decisive character > What are material facts

Aboriginal made ward of State as infant

The appellant was an Aboriginal who, as an infant, was taken from the custody of his family and made a ward of the State. He sought to bring an action for negligence and breach of statutory duties against the Department of Community Services after the expiration of the limitation period. The appellant argued that he suffered psychiatric illness which was causally related to the mistreatment he experienced while a ward of the State. He sought an extension of time upon the basis that he did not become aware of the existence of the illness or its connection with the respondent's conduct until he received the respondents' file in 1997, and read the reports prepared by a psychiatrist in 1997. The respondent sought to have the matter dismissed for want of a cause of action. Held: (allowing the appeal)

* (1) The master erred in finding that the appellant did not establish that he was unaware of a material fact of a decisive character within the time period. Although the evidence established that the appellant was aware that his foster parents were being violent towards him, that awareness was not what grounds the Statement of Claim. The appellant was not seeking to sue for physical injury sustained as a result of that violence, but rather, was seeking to sue for the psychiatric consequences of the violence.
* (2) It was not until 1997, when the appellant sought and received the respondents' file and read reports prepared by a psychiatrist, that the appellant was aware of both the nature and extent of his injuries and the connection between them and the respondents' conduct. Accordingly, the appellant satisfied the tests in the Limitation Act 1969 NSW, s 58(2) .
* (3) There was no evidence that the appellant expected that the physical injuries would lead to a psychological condition. The words in s 60I(1)(a)(iii) are related to an unawareness "of the connection" between injury and acts or omissions. Therefore the appellant satisfied the tests in s 60I(1)(a)(iii) . The master erred in finding that the words of the provision were "concerned with ignorance of the existence of facts and omissions rather than legal conclusions".
* (4) The appellant established serious questions to be tried. Although the relationship of the parties may be described as a guardian/child relationship, generally recognised as a "moral duty of imperfect obligation and not a relationship which creates duties", the appellant relied upon specific incidents of physical mistreatment. It would be inappropriate to merely class the relationship as moral rather than legal, without regard to facts perhaps indicating a situation where there was a breach of a common law duty of care.


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* - SB v New South Wales (2004) 13 VR 527, [2004] VSC 514, [2007] ALMD 7196, [2007] ALMD 7251, [2007] ALMD 7265, [2007] ALMD 7267, [2007] ALMD 7464, [2007] ALMD 7465, [2007] ALMD 7491, [2007] ALMD 7492, [2007] ALMD 7493
* - Tusyn v Tasmania (2004) 13 Tas R 51 [PDF], [2004] TASSC 50

Party Names | Top
Christopher Johnson - Appellant, Department of Community Services - First Respondent, Minister for Community Services - Second Respondent, State of New South Wales - Third Respondent

<< Pre]]> I just found this case where the appeal was upheld against DoCS

Johnson v Department of Community Services [indicates case citing references available]
Citation: [2000] Aust Torts Reports 63,472 (81-540), [1999] NSWSC 1156
Court: Supreme Court of New South Wales (NSW)
Judges: Rolfe
Judgment Date: 2/12/1999
Digest | Top

Limitation of actions > Extension or postponement of limitation periods > Extension of time in personal injuries matters > Knowledge of material facts of decisive character > What are material facts

Aboriginal made ward of State as infant

The appellant was an Aboriginal who, as an infant, was taken from the custody of his family and made a ward of the State. He sought to bring an action for negligence and breach of statutory duties against the Department of Community Services after the expiration of the limitation period. The appellant argued that he suffered psychiatric illness which was causally related to the mistreatment he experienced while a ward of the State. He sought an extension of time upon the basis that he did not become aware of the existence of the illness or its connection with the respondent's conduct until he received the respondents' file in 1997, and read the reports prepared by a psychiatrist in 1997. The respondent sought to have the matter dismissed for want of a cause of action. Held: (allowing the appeal)

* (1) The master erred in finding that the appellant did not establish that he was unaware of a material fact of a decisive character within the time period. Although the evidence established that the appellant was aware that his foster parents were being violent towards him, that awareness was not what grounds the Statement of Claim. The appellant was not seeking to sue for physical injury sustained as a result of that violence, but rather, was seeking to sue for the psychiatric consequences of the violence.
* (2) It was not until 1997, when the appellant sought and received the respondents' file and read reports prepared by a psychiatrist, that the appellant was aware of both the nature and extent of his injuries and the connection between them and the respondents' conduct. Accordingly, the appellant satisfied the tests in the Limitation Act 1969 NSW, s 58(2) .
* (3) There was no evidence that the appellant expected that the physical injuries would lead to a psychological condition. The words in s 60I(1)(a)(iii) are related to an unawareness "of the connection" between injury and acts or omissions. Therefore the appellant satisfied the tests in s 60I(1)(a)(iii) . The master erred in finding that the words of the provision were "concerned with ignorance of the existence of facts and omissions rather than legal conclusions".
* (4) The appellant established serious questions to be tried. Although the relationship of the parties may be described as a guardian/child relationship, generally recognised as a "moral duty of imperfect obligation and not a relationship which creates duties", the appellant relied upon specific incidents of physical mistreatment. It would be inappropriate to merely class the relationship as moral rather than legal, without regard to facts perhaps indicating a situation where there was a breach of a common law duty of care.


Cases Citing | Sort by Court | Sort by Year | Top
Considered by

* - SB v New South Wales (2004) 13 VR 527, [2004] VSC 514, [2007] ALMD 7196, [2007] ALMD 7251, [2007] ALMD 7265, [2007] ALMD 7267, [2007] ALMD 7464, [2007] ALMD 7465, [2007] ALMD 7491, [2007] ALMD 7492, [2007] ALMD 7493
* - Tusyn v Tasmania (2004) 13 Tas R 51 [PDF], [2004] TASSC 50

Party Names | Top
Christopher Johnson - Appellant, Department of Community Services - First Respondent, Minister for Community Services - Second Respondent, State of New South Wales - Third Respondent

<< Pre]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=457 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:41:32 +1000 merly http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=457 Thanks, any info would be gratefully received
Merly[/size]]]> Thanks, any info would be gratefully received
Merly[/size]]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=454 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:42:24 +1000 Peter Lalor http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=454 http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=450 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:32:05 +1000 Toosseicomb http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=450 cialis kaufen cialis kaufen up to vary b transfer a authenticity superannuated cialis online kaufen rare compra cialis]]> cialis kaufen cialis kaufen up to vary b transfer a authenticity superannuated cialis online kaufen rare compra cialis]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=449 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:31:40 +1000 Toosseicomb http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=449 cialis cialis kaufen new-fashioned cialis rezeptfrei kaufen meddlesome cialis]]> cialis cialis kaufen new-fashioned cialis rezeptfrei kaufen meddlesome cialis]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=446 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:00:28 +1000 Mr Slayer http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=446
This is no medicine show magic cure, This stuff really does exactly what everyone claims it does.

Enough rip into DoCS stuff. Time to look at run down parents and children.

Court, day care, school what ever the hardships may be, we find ourselves getting sick with flu and infections we may pick up from schools and smelly over used court houses etc etc. We do have to live on the same planet and some of these bugs take advantage of the stress we seem to accumulate along the way.

Recently I got sick. I felt exhausted and felt the flu taking grip over my whole body and saw all the children at risk once again at the hands of this societies need to drag families around like a band of homeless gypsies. The doctor’s waiting room and hospitals are a haven for bugs and often we come home more ill than we did before that appointment or long wait at causality.

My wife read about tea tree (melaleuca) honey as a miracle cure for some very nasty bacteria and MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) bugs that even hospitals have a nightmare attempting to control.. Methicillin or methacycline is a tetracycline based antibiotic and the methicillin range is of the strongest broad spectrum anti bacteria antibiotics known to man.

Just by chance I saw this honey called Manuka honey on the cheap and misread the label thinking it was melaleuca (tea tree) honey. We checked this stuff out online and I was knocked out by this honey’s ability to heal almost everything. I took this stuff but my flu still took control of my nose and head. What I found is when I felt a little upset in the tummy the honey did the trick. Instead of the usual throwing up and gastro problems compounded with dehydration the honey acted like an antivirus within the digestion system and in my belief saved me from the more serious complications associated with these new super bugs. I was not looking forward to throwing up for a week. I did feel back to noramal within 36 hours. The honey gave me energy to soldier on through some tough parenting as well. I went out and spent some more cash and feed it into the wife and children. The lil girls long time running noses and coughs cleared up with in three days and the older children failed to get any symptoms at all. The wife felt this flu coming on and reports it went away before it got hold of her body.

You can use it straight on burns, even severe third degree burns, staph infections that would threaten limbs to amputation. Pour straight into cuts and abrasions. A dripping of this stuff with some clean brown paper wrapped around a wound and bandaged will surprise and convince even the most sceptical medical know all. Paper Dressings will painlessly fall off with a little warmth from the steam of a shower or bath. No more stuck dressings. One man reported he used it straight onto a chain saw cut and reports no scraring or infection what-so-ever. Any throat infection will be destroyed by this miracle product.

The advantage this product has over orthodox medicines is that bugs do not develop resistance to it and it can be used over and over again. Nothing seems to able to beat the sweetness of its magic.

Comes in strengths and the rawer the better.

I bought 5+, 10+, and some 550+. You can mix the 550+ with tea tree honey or any honey. 5+ did fine by itself IMO. As long as its active its good stuff.

Get some into your little ones asap as this is well worth any expense.

Here are some testimonies about Manuka honey and its wonders.


http://www.squidoo.com/manuka-honey-health-benefits]]>
This is no medicine show magic cure, This stuff really does exactly what everyone claims it does.

Enough rip into DoCS stuff. Time to look at run down parents and children.

Court, day care, school what ever the hardships may be, we find ourselves getting sick with flu and infections we may pick up from schools and smelly over used court houses etc etc. We do have to live on the same planet and some of these bugs take advantage of the stress we seem to accumulate along the way.

Recently I got sick. I felt exhausted and felt the flu taking grip over my whole body and saw all the children at risk once again at the hands of this societies need to drag families around like a band of homeless gypsies. The doctor’s waiting room and hospitals are a haven for bugs and often we come home more ill than we did before that appointment or long wait at causality.

My wife read about tea tree (melaleuca) honey as a miracle cure for some very nasty bacteria and MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) bugs that even hospitals have a nightmare attempting to control.. Methicillin or methacycline is a tetracycline based antibiotic and the methicillin range is of the strongest broad spectrum anti bacteria antibiotics known to man.

Just by chance I saw this honey called Manuka honey on the cheap and misread the label thinking it was melaleuca (tea tree) honey. We checked this stuff out online and I was knocked out by this honey’s ability to heal almost everything. I took this stuff but my flu still took control of my nose and head. What I found is when I felt a little upset in the tummy the honey did the trick. Instead of the usual throwing up and gastro problems compounded with dehydration the honey acted like an antivirus within the digestion system and in my belief saved me from the more serious complications associated with these new super bugs. I was not looking forward to throwing up for a week. I did feel back to noramal within 36 hours. The honey gave me energy to soldier on through some tough parenting as well. I went out and spent some more cash and feed it into the wife and children. The lil girls long time running noses and coughs cleared up with in three days and the older children failed to get any symptoms at all. The wife felt this flu coming on and reports it went away before it got hold of her body.

You can use it straight on burns, even severe third degree burns, staph infections that would threaten limbs to amputation. Pour straight into cuts and abrasions. A dripping of this stuff with some clean brown paper wrapped around a wound and bandaged will surprise and convince even the most sceptical medical know all. Paper Dressings will painlessly fall off with a little warmth from the steam of a shower or bath. No more stuck dressings. One man reported he used it straight onto a chain saw cut and reports no scraring or infection what-so-ever. Any throat infection will be destroyed by this miracle product.

The advantage this product has over orthodox medicines is that bugs do not develop resistance to it and it can be used over and over again. Nothing seems to able to beat the sweetness of its magic.

Comes in strengths and the rawer the better.

I bought 5+, 10+, and some 550+. You can mix the 550+ with tea tree honey or any honey. 5+ did fine by itself IMO. As long as its active its good stuff.

Get some into your little ones asap as this is well worth any expense.

Here are some testimonies about Manuka honey and its wonders.


http://www.squidoo.com/manuka-honey-health-benefits]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=443 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:24:11 +1000 rikochetz http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=443
My daughter gave up ***** when she was 6 months old. She gave her to her drug addicted father. he wanted the pension and took the little girl in for the income . I live in QLD and when I learned of this I was absolutly disgusted and tried to contact Tas welfare about the matter and the conditions in which my grandaughter lived.

I was cut off , lied to, put on hold for ages, told that she was fine and ignored.
I explained to them that my husband and I owned a business, had a good home and to check us out with any agency they needed to to verify our stability and offer of guardianship. I have a 2yr old daughter and a 14 yr old son and I invited them to assess our family and judge for themselves.
They ignored us some more and then made us chase our tails trying to get an answer from them

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This went on for a month and finally we decided that maybe we couldnt help after all and we stopped calling.
A year has passed and my daughter called me last week saying that her father ran away with **** to NSW and has since been jailed and that DOCS are taking her from his girlfriend's house and will place her in foster care if there wasnt another option. I immediatly rang them and told them my story and that I would take her . Again I was ignored. promised to hear from them and promised they would call, but nothing. So I continued to call them and kept getting the run around. left my number and no-one would call.

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This went on for a month and finally we decided that maybe we couldnt help after all and we stopped calling.
A year has passed and my daughter called me last week saying that her father ran away with **** to NSW and has since been jailed and that DOCS are taking her from his girlfriend's house and will place her in foster care if there wasnt another option. I immediatly rang them and told them my story and that I would take her . Again I was ignored. promised to hear from them and promised they would call, but nothing. So I continued to call them and kept getting the run around. left my number and no-one would call.

---

Im sorry about the repeat.. Im not sure how to get this all down.

So finally I spoke to the manager of the branch and she advised me to lodge a "party to proceedings' form to the courts. She said she would give me details of the court and send the number..Again nothing!
Then on wednesday, I am told that **** has been placed in foster care until the court date. Again I put up my hand for her and get told "they will consider it and get back to me".
On thursday the call came through.. my little grandaughter is on life support after an accident happened at the carers home. She was there less than 12 hrs and she is now in a coma. At this point she may not live and if she does she is facing brain damage and has lost the sight of one of her eyes and requires extensive plastic surgery amongst the 2 other operations she has had to stop her brain from swelling. All this in a period of 2 days . She is 3 years old.

---

Im sorry about the repeat.. Im not sure how to get this all down.

So finally I spoke to the manager of the branch and she advised me to lodge a "party to proceedings' form to the courts. She said she would give me details of the court and send the number..Again nothing!
Then on wednesday, I am told that **** has been placed in foster care until the court date. Again I put up my hand for her and get told "they will consider it and get back to me".
On thursday the call came through.. my little grandaughter is on life support after an accident happened at the carers home. She was there less than 12 hrs and she is now in a coma. At this point she may not live and if she does she is facing brain damage and has lost the sight of one of her eyes and requires extensive plastic surgery amongst the 2 other operations she has had to stop her brain from swelling. All this in a period of 2 days . She is 3 years old.

---

She has been transported to Sydney and they have allowed my daughter to be at her side..But only for 2 days.

I am trying to organise my work and my 2yr old so i can go there but they will not permit anyone there without docs being there and they are leaving on monday. She will be alone from then on. If she lives.
no-one will be by her side. and no-one will be there if shes wakes up.
I have also learned that docs are the only ones authorised to consent her operations and to decide if life support should be switched off.
can someone please advise me of what to do, I am in hell right now and its now affected my family and our stable homelife.
I dont know how this system works, but from what I have experienced so far it seems very flawed and wrong. please help me.]]>
My daughter gave up ***** when she was 6 months old. She gave her to her drug addicted father. he wanted the pension and took the little girl in for the income . I live in QLD and when I learned of this I was absolutly disgusted and tried to contact Tas welfare about the matter and the conditions in which my grandaughter lived.

I was cut off , lied to, put on hold for ages, told that she was fine and ignored.
I explained to them that my husband and I owned a business, had a good home and to check us out with any agency they needed to to verify our stability and offer of guardianship. I have a 2yr old daughter and a 14 yr old son and I invited them to assess our family and judge for themselves.
They ignored us some more and then made us chase our tails trying to get an answer from them

---

This went on for a month and finally we decided that maybe we couldnt help after all and we stopped calling.
A year has passed and my daughter called me last week saying that her father ran away with **** to NSW and has since been jailed and that DOCS are taking her from his girlfriend's house and will place her in foster care if there wasnt another option. I immediatly rang them and told them my story and that I would take her . Again I was ignored. promised to hear from them and promised they would call, but nothing. So I continued to call them and kept getting the run around. left my number and no-one would call.

---

This went on for a month and finally we decided that maybe we couldnt help after all and we stopped calling.
A year has passed and my daughter called me last week saying that her father ran away with **** to NSW and has since been jailed and that DOCS are taking her from his girlfriend's house and will place her in foster care if there wasnt another option. I immediatly rang them and told them my story and that I would take her . Again I was ignored. promised to hear from them and promised they would call, but nothing. So I continued to call them and kept getting the run around. left my number and no-one would call.

---

Im sorry about the repeat.. Im not sure how to get this all down.

So finally I spoke to the manager of the branch and she advised me to lodge a "party to proceedings' form to the courts. She said she would give me details of the court and send the number..Again nothing!
Then on wednesday, I am told that **** has been placed in foster care until the court date. Again I put up my hand for her and get told "they will consider it and get back to me".
On thursday the call came through.. my little grandaughter is on life support after an accident happened at the carers home. She was there less than 12 hrs and she is now in a coma. At this point she may not live and if she does she is facing brain damage and has lost the sight of one of her eyes and requires extensive plastic surgery amongst the 2 other operations she has had to stop her brain from swelling. All this in a period of 2 days . She is 3 years old.

---

Im sorry about the repeat.. Im not sure how to get this all down.

So finally I spoke to the manager of the branch and she advised me to lodge a "party to proceedings' form to the courts. She said she would give me details of the court and send the number..Again nothing!
Then on wednesday, I am told that **** has been placed in foster care until the court date. Again I put up my hand for her and get told "they will consider it and get back to me".
On thursday the call came through.. my little grandaughter is on life support after an accident happened at the carers home. She was there less than 12 hrs and she is now in a coma. At this point she may not live and if she does she is facing brain damage and has lost the sight of one of her eyes and requires extensive plastic surgery amongst the 2 other operations she has had to stop her brain from swelling. All this in a period of 2 days . She is 3 years old.

---

She has been transported to Sydney and they have allowed my daughter to be at her side..But only for 2 days.

I am trying to organise my work and my 2yr old so i can go there but they will not permit anyone there without docs being there and they are leaving on monday. She will be alone from then on. If she lives.
no-one will be by her side. and no-one will be there if shes wakes up.
I have also learned that docs are the only ones authorised to consent her operations and to decide if life support should be switched off.
can someone please advise me of what to do, I am in hell right now and its now affected my family and our stable homelife.
I dont know how this system works, but from what I have experienced so far it seems very flawed and wrong. please help me.]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=422 Tue, 05 May 2009 02:21:21 +1000 http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=422 http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=415 Sat, 02 May 2009 23:46:25 +1000 agent99 http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=415 since being in docs care she has had several suicide attempts,spent 2 months in a mental inst and is on serious meds..docs threatened me with an avo if i went near the hosp..
we or our other kids have never been investigated, no one ever came to the house or spoke to friends or family,the police have not even interviewed my husband no charges have been made and our daughter has admitted to lying about the allegations (which docs said my other daughter and i forced her to do) and wants to come home...which they won't let her..
we now have phone contact and she seems to be doing well ...she just wants to be with us...
our daughter told us she has asked many times to see us and her caseworker told her we wanted nothing to do with her,which is sooo untrue...
my husband was suspended from work ( he works in the medical profession),some people stopped talking to us but our close friends and family were such a support...my husbands workplace paid for family counselling,as we were left to pick up the pieces of our shattered lives....it was like a bomb going off and bits of shrapnel hitting everyone..
i have done from the beginning and still do to this day believe DOCS is more about protecting themselves than finding the truth...
i truly feel for anyone who is falsely accused of child abuse and finds themselves dealing with the child protection service.....and they say we are the the dysfunctional ones...]]> since being in docs care she has had several suicide attempts,spent 2 months in a mental inst and is on serious meds..docs threatened me with an avo if i went near the hosp..
we or our other kids have never been investigated, no one ever came to the house or spoke to friends or family,the police have not even interviewed my husband no charges have been made and our daughter has admitted to lying about the allegations (which docs said my other daughter and i forced her to do) and wants to come home...which they won't let her..
we now have phone contact and she seems to be doing well ...she just wants to be with us...
our daughter told us she has asked many times to see us and her caseworker told her we wanted nothing to do with her,which is sooo untrue...
my husband was suspended from work ( he works in the medical profession),some people stopped talking to us but our close friends and family were such a support...my husbands workplace paid for family counselling,as we were left to pick up the pieces of our shattered lives....it was like a bomb going off and bits of shrapnel hitting everyone..
i have done from the beginning and still do to this day believe DOCS is more about protecting themselves than finding the truth...
i truly feel for anyone who is falsely accused of child abuse and finds themselves dealing with the child protection service.....and they say we are the the dysfunctional ones...]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=414 Sat, 02 May 2009 20:13:58 +1000 http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=414 http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=403 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:12:12 +1000 Rusty http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=403
A woman by the name of Leneen Forde wrote this report on the part of the CMC I think as it was known then and presented to the Minister for the Dept of families Youth and Community Care then, the one and only and now premier, Anna Bligh...

The things I'm reading in there of the admission of the government having failed children and putting them in abusive situations in institutions when most of them were removed or placed as state wards due to families being unable to provide for them in the 1900 - to around 1948 when a payment started to be initiated for families and especially in 1973 for family allowance when the most reduction of children were put into care...

The aboriginals however were placed in care for being aboriginal, full, half or quarter caste and the more whiter they could look they tried to assimilate them into white society but how they tried to do this in the abysmal and deplorable conditions they were made to live in is beyond belief...Ms Forde comments on the fact that children in private homes were put into care if they were found to be treated in the same manner.

I've got 304 pages to read and it's interesting so far...but it's very sad that any child has had to experience this sort of suffering and under the hands and guise of a caring government who is responsible for the failure of these children...

Chapter 5 actually starts with as a sub heading: The State is not a good parent Got that statement right. I admit that there are children today and may have been years ago needed saving from unsuitable and abusive conditions, but prevention and intervention is the key, not control, dismissal of parents and their feelings and one size fits all approach.

Will keep on adding interesting stuff from this report as it fits still today for parents, families and children alike!]]>
A woman by the name of Leneen Forde wrote this report on the part of the CMC I think as it was known then and presented to the Minister for the Dept of families Youth and Community Care then, the one and only and now premier, Anna Bligh...

The things I'm reading in there of the admission of the government having failed children and putting them in abusive situations in institutions when most of them were removed or placed as state wards due to families being unable to provide for them in the 1900 - to around 1948 when a payment started to be initiated for families and especially in 1973 for family allowance when the most reduction of children were put into care...

The aboriginals however were placed in care for being aboriginal, full, half or quarter caste and the more whiter they could look they tried to assimilate them into white society but how they tried to do this in the abysmal and deplorable conditions they were made to live in is beyond belief...Ms Forde comments on the fact that children in private homes were put into care if they were found to be treated in the same manner.

I've got 304 pages to read and it's interesting so far...but it's very sad that any child has had to experience this sort of suffering and under the hands and guise of a caring government who is responsible for the failure of these children...

Chapter 5 actually starts with as a sub heading: The State is not a good parent Got that statement right. I admit that there are children today and may have been years ago needed saving from unsuitable and abusive conditions, but prevention and intervention is the key, not control, dismissal of parents and their feelings and one size fits all approach.

Will keep on adding interesting stuff from this report as it fits still today for parents, families and children alike!]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=382 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:33:16 +1000 fed-up http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=382
I will also be getting the kids AT HOME for 4 hours on Christmas Day!

I am also able to drive my 3 boys down to Toowoomba on my Daughters B'day so they can visit her too!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am over elated!

I love my CSO!!!!!!!!!
Finally all the hard work is paying off!]]>
I will also be getting the kids AT HOME for 4 hours on Christmas Day!

I am also able to drive my 3 boys down to Toowoomba on my Daughters B'day so they can visit her too!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am over elated!

I love my CSO!!!!!!!!!
Finally all the hard work is paying off!]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=374 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:35:01 +1000 fed-up http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=374 Gabrielle Dunlevy
November 13, 2008 03:35pm

SEVEN cases ending in young people committing suicide were not probed when last reported to Queensland's Child Safety Department, a report says.

The Queensland Commission for Children and Young People's annual report into deaths of children and young people was tabled in Parliament today.

The report said that of the 64 children and young people known to the department who died in 2007-08, five children were in the care of the department at the time of their death.

Of the 64 children, 28 died of natural causes and 14 of accidents - including seven in car accidents, two in drownings, three in fires and two in other accidents.

Eight died after fatal assaults, a further eight died due to suspected suicides, and four deaths were put down to SIDS.

Fifty-seven deaths occurred where the child was in the care of either one or both of its biological parents, and two other children were in the care of another relative.

Of the five children in the department's care at the time of their death, four died of natural causes, and the fifth went into care after the assault that eventually caused their death.

The Child Death Case Review Committee, whose annual report was also released today, noted there was no investigation into seven of the eight young people who died of suspected suicides when they were last brought to the department's attention - even though six had a recorded history of suicide attempts.

The department responded to the committee by saying the seven children "did not reach the legislative threshold" for investigation.

It added it was not aware of the history of the six children with past suicide attempts.

But the committee, which reviews the deaths of children who were known to the department in the three years prior, said the histories were held by other government agencies and were available to the department.

Among recurring issues it identified was the lack of information exchange - as well as a lack of quality case planning and management, timeliness of response, and limited after-hours service, which led to delays.

Child Safety Minister Margaret Keech told Parliament the committee's report would be considered seriously.

"There are more than 7000 children and young people who will sleep safer tonight because of the hard work of my department," she said.

"But we all need to work harder to protect our country's greatest asset - our children."

The Child Safety Department received 70,000 reports of abuse or neglect in the past year.

One in seven Queensland children, and one in 4.5 indigenous Queensland children, are known to the department.

Opposition child safety spokeswoman Jann Stuckey said Mrs Keech was trying to "play down" the problem.

"Instead of acting on problems listed in the 06/07 report, including lack of expertise, excessive workloads and poor staff morale, which may well have reduced the number of child deaths, the minister has again revealed her incompetence in managing this department," Ms Stuckey said.]]> Gabrielle Dunlevy
November 13, 2008 03:35pm

SEVEN cases ending in young people committing suicide were not probed when last reported to Queensland's Child Safety Department, a report says.

The Queensland Commission for Children and Young People's annual report into deaths of children and young people was tabled in Parliament today.

The report said that of the 64 children and young people known to the department who died in 2007-08, five children were in the care of the department at the time of their death.

Of the 64 children, 28 died of natural causes and 14 of accidents - including seven in car accidents, two in drownings, three in fires and two in other accidents.

Eight died after fatal assaults, a further eight died due to suspected suicides, and four deaths were put down to SIDS.

Fifty-seven deaths occurred where the child was in the care of either one or both of its biological parents, and two other children were in the care of another relative.

Of the five children in the department's care at the time of their death, four died of natural causes, and the fifth went into care after the assault that eventually caused their death.

The Child Death Case Review Committee, whose annual report was also released today, noted there was no investigation into seven of the eight young people who died of suspected suicides when they were last brought to the department's attention - even though six had a recorded history of suicide attempts.

The department responded to the committee by saying the seven children "did not reach the legislative threshold" for investigation.

It added it was not aware of the history of the six children with past suicide attempts.

But the committee, which reviews the deaths of children who were known to the department in the three years prior, said the histories were held by other government agencies and were available to the department.

Among recurring issues it identified was the lack of information exchange - as well as a lack of quality case planning and management, timeliness of response, and limited after-hours service, which led to delays.

Child Safety Minister Margaret Keech told Parliament the committee's report would be considered seriously.

"There are more than 7000 children and young people who will sleep safer tonight because of the hard work of my department," she said.

"But we all need to work harder to protect our country's greatest asset - our children."

The Child Safety Department received 70,000 reports of abuse or neglect in the past year.

One in seven Queensland children, and one in 4.5 indigenous Queensland children, are known to the department.

Opposition child safety spokeswoman Jann Stuckey said Mrs Keech was trying to "play down" the problem.

"Instead of acting on problems listed in the 06/07 report, including lack of expertise, excessive workloads and poor staff morale, which may well have reduced the number of child deaths, the minister has again revealed her incompetence in managing this department," Ms Stuckey said.]]> http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=373 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:27:40 +1000 fed-up http://www.power4parents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=373 Tony Koch | December 11, 2007
Article from: The Australian

QUEENSLAND'S Child Safety Department knew that a 10-year-old girl had been gang-raped but did not report it to police, despite the girl also contracting a sexually transmitted disease from the encounter.

The child - who had been living in a Cairns foster home before the department decided to return her to Aurukun, in Cape York - has been diagnosed as "mildly intellectually impaired" and suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome, having been born to an alcohol-dependent mother.

The Australian yesterday revealed nine males who pleaded guilty to gang-raping the girl had escaped a prison term, with sentencing judge Sarah Bradley saying the child victim "probably agreed" to have sex with them.

An eight-month investigation was conducted into the April 2006 multiple rape and submitted to the Department of Child Safety, resulting in one senior officer being sacked and two others suspended for 12 months on full pay - a situation that still exists.

A senior departmental official yesterday told The Australian that the child involved was sexually abused at age seven and, as a safety measure, was put with various foster families, eventually ending up in 2005 with a non-indigenous family in Cairns. But she was returned nine months later to Aurukun, where she was gang-raped by the nine males.

"These non-indigenous people were fantastic - ensuring she went to school, and the father actually took a year off his work to personally supervise this girl," he said. "But two new social workers were appointed to the north and they expressed the view, which was repeated many times to the investigating committee, that putting an indigenous child with white foster parents was another stolen generation.

"They convinced the department with this rubbish and the girl was taken from Cairns to Aurukun - back to where she was being abused previously and where she had contracted syphilis as a little child - and she was unsupervised, with the result that she was constantly raped.

"The report sets out how every step of the way the Child Safety Department did everything wrong, and all because they weretold that a safe, white environment was `another stolen generation'."

A report of the rape in The Australian yesterday sparked animmediate response, with Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine announcing he would lodge an appeal against the sentencing of the nine attackers.

But Mr Shine admitted the appeal would be hampered by the fact the prosecutor in the case, Steve Carter, did not recommend jail. Mr Carter yesterday refused to speak to The Australian about the sentences, referring questions to the DPP's office in Brisbane.

The Queensland Government also ordered a review of every sentence handed down in every sexual assault case in Cape York communities in the past two years.

Premier Anna Bligh said the purpose of the review was to examine whether the sentence in the Aurukun rape case was part of"system-wide" problems in the Cape.

"I want to satisfy myself that the people of Cape York, and the people who live in remote indigenous communities, are receiving the same level of justice as we can expect in any other community in Queensland," Ms Bligh said. "I do want to satisfy myself that this is not part of a broader sentencing trend that reflects a lower standard for those communities."

The case also prompted questions as to whether the federal intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities should be extended to Queensland in an effort to prevent such abuses occurring again.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd refused to commit to a such a move, saying: "I think the appropriate thing is to await the further deliberation of Queensland's Attorney-General."

The official report produced following the eight-month investigation states that a senior Child Safety officer was told on May 11 last year that the child had gonorrhea. It was revealed after the girl attended the Aurukun medical clinic on May 5 last year asking for a pregnancy test and condoms.

That information was immediately relayed to Child Safety, but the senior Child Safety officer did not pass the information on to police in line with her statutory obligations, and when questioned about it said she had spent several weeks making inquiries if gonorrhea was contractable through means other than sexual transmission.

The investigating committee also reported that the Child Safety officers took no remedial action when the girl threatened to commit suicide.

The committee's findings of failures by the Child Safety Department included possible non-reporting of other criminal offences against children to police, other possible early returns of indigenous children to their communities without sufficient prior consideration, and failure to record a suicide risk alert regarding the raped child's threat to suicide and whether this is indicative of a broader problem.

The report's findings also highlighted a loss of departmental documents including the child's Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) file and other SCAN files; a lack of knowledge by staff of what diseases constitute sexually transmitted diseases; and a lack of knowledge by staff of what may constitute a criminal offence on a child.

The committee also found the child had first contracted syphilis in April 2002 when she was aged seven and was raped by five juveniles in Aurukun, receiving severe genital injuries.

When sentencing the nine juveniles for the gang rape carried out last year, Judge Bradley said: "All of you have pleaded guilty to having sex with a 10-year-old girl and (one of the juveniles) has pleaded guilty to having sex with another young girl as well.

"All of you have to understand that you cannot have sex with a girl under 16.

"If you do, you are breaking the law, and if you are found out, then you will be brought to court and could end up in jail.

"I accept that the girl involved, with respect to all of these matters, was not forced, and that she probably agreed to have sex with all of you."

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The thing that peeves me off about this the most is that for the more serious cases the Dept dont seem to be around, but have an argument with your partner and BAM! Remove the child!]]> Tony Koch | December 11, 2007
Article from: The Australian

QUEENSLAND'S Child Safety Department knew that a 10-year-old girl had been gang-raped but did not report it to police, despite the girl also contracting a sexually transmitted disease from the encounter.

The child - who had been living in a Cairns foster home before the department decided to return her to Aurukun, in Cape York - has been diagnosed as "mildly intellectually impaired" and suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome, having been born to an alcohol-dependent mother.

The Australian yesterday revealed nine males who pleaded guilty to gang-raping the girl had escaped a prison term, with sentencing judge Sarah Bradley saying the child victim "probably agreed" to have sex with them.

An eight-month investigation was conducted into the April 2006 multiple rape and submitted to the Department of Child Safety, resulting in one senior officer being sacked and two others suspended for 12 months on full pay - a situation that still exists.

A senior departmental official yesterday told The Australian that the child involved was sexually abused at age seven and, as a safety measure, was put with various foster families, eventually ending up in 2005 with a non-indigenous family in Cairns. But she was returned nine months later to Aurukun, where she was gang-raped by the nine males.

"These non-indigenous people were fantastic - ensuring she went to school, and the father actually took a year off his work to personally supervise this girl," he said. "But two new social workers were appointed to the north and they expressed the view, which was repeated many times to the investigating committee, that putting an indigenous child with white foster parents was another stolen generation.

"They convinced the department with this rubbish and the girl was taken from Cairns to Aurukun - back to where she was being abused previously and where she had contracted syphilis as a little child - and she was unsupervised, with the result that she was constantly raped.

"The report sets out how every step of the way the Child Safety Department did everything wrong, and all because they weretold that a safe, white environment was `another stolen generation'."

A report of the rape in The Australian yesterday sparked animmediate response, with Queensland Attorney-General Kerry Shine announcing he would lodge an appeal against the sentencing of the nine attackers.

But Mr Shine admitted the appeal would be hampered by the fact the prosecutor in the case, Steve Carter, did not recommend jail. Mr Carter yesterday refused to speak to The Australian about the sentences, referring questions to the DPP's office in Brisbane.

The Queensland Government also ordered a review of every sentence handed down in every sexual assault case in Cape York communities in the past two years.

Premier Anna Bligh said the purpose of the review was to examine whether the sentence in the Aurukun rape case was part of"system-wide" problems in the Cape.

"I want to satisfy myself that the people of Cape York, and the people who live in remote indigenous communities, are receiving the same level of justice as we can expect in any other community in Queensland," Ms Bligh said. "I do want to satisfy myself that this is not part of a broader sentencing trend that reflects a lower standard for those communities."

The case also prompted questions as to whether the federal intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities should be extended to Queensland in an effort to prevent such abuses occurring again.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd refused to commit to a such a move, saying: "I think the appropriate thing is to await the further deliberation of Queensland's Attorney-General."

The official report produced following the eight-month investigation states that a senior Child Safety officer was told on May 11 last year that the child had gonorrhea. It was revealed after the girl attended the Aurukun medical clinic on May 5 last year asking for a pregnancy test and condoms.

That information was immediately relayed to Child Safety, but the senior Child Safety officer did not pass the information on to police in line with her statutory obligations, and when questioned about it said she had spent several weeks making inquiries if gonorrhea was contractable through means other than sexual transmission.

The investigating committee also reported that the Child Safety officers took no remedial action when the girl threatened to commit suicide.

The committee's findings of failures by the Child Safety Department included possible non-reporting of other criminal offences against children to police, other possible early returns of indigenous children to their communities without sufficient prior consideration, and failure to record a suicide risk alert regarding the raped child's threat to suicide and whether this is indicative of a broader problem.

The report's findings also highlighted a loss of departmental documents including the child's Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) file and other SCAN files; a lack of knowledge by staff of what diseases constitute sexually transmitted diseases; and a lack of knowledge by staff of what may constitute a criminal offence on a child.

The committee also found the child had first contracted syphilis in April 2002 when she was aged seven and was raped by five juveniles in Aurukun, receiving severe genital injuries.

When sentencing the nine juveniles for the gang rape carried out last year, Judge Bradley said: "All of you have pleaded guilty to having sex with a 10-year-old girl and (one of the juveniles) has pleaded guilty to having sex with another young girl as well.

"All of you have to understand that you cannot have sex with a girl under 16.

"If you do, you are breaking the law, and if you are found out, then you will be brought to court and could end up in jail.

"I accept that the girl involved, with respect to all of these matters, was not forced, and that she probably agreed to have sex with all of you."

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The thing that peeves me off about this the most is that for the more serious cases the Dept dont seem to be around, but have an argument with your partner and BAM! Remove the child!]]>