What About The Children?

[the_great_she_elephant]

I am amazed and disgusted that in all the indignation over what Gillian Triggs should or shouldn't have done or who said or didn't say what to her, not ONE SINGLE POLITICIAN  except, finally, Malcolm Turnbull, has commented in any way on the contents of her report..

She found that  over a 15-month period from January 2013 to March 2014, spanning both the Labor and Coalition governments  there were 233 recorded assaults involving children and 33 incidents of reported sexual assault. 

If these findings are true - and as far as I know nobody has so far disputed them -   then what is going to be done about it? Who had the duty of care? who is going to be held responsible. What measures are going to be put in place to stop this abuse happening in future?

Both Gillian Triggs and George Brandis are astute and comparitively wealthy adults able to instruct top  legal practitioners to protect their reputaions - but who is going to protect the safety of these children? How many more children have been abused since March 2014? Is a child perhaps being abused in a detention centre  even while you are reading this post? 

Surely to goodness after all that was learned from the Children In Care Royal Commission this report cannot simply be put in a "don't want to know" basket while both sides of Pariament try to gain political mileage out the motives of the Human Rghts Commissioner or the behaviour of the Attourney General.

At some point -though probably not in the lifetime of this government  or even  the one that follows it - there will inevitably be a Royal Commission into the treatment of children in detention centre. what do you imagine its findings are likely to be?

[gleee58]

It didn't happen and that's a blatant lie about Sarah Hanson-Young. 

[gleee58]

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@vicr3000 wrote:

Censured means nothing, they can't do nothing and Brandis will wear it as a badge of honour !

Sarah Two Dads should have been censured for some of her performances in the past,

but all she was made to do was apologise !

 Glee

I have watched it, thanks.

That's not hounding, she should be able to take questioning like that, after all, everyone else does in those committees,

WHAT MAKES HER ANY DIFFERENT ?

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No, they don't get treated like that in every other committee hearing.

The bovver boys and their mates every sentence was designed to trash her reputation, both personally and professionally.

What makes her different?  

They would never do that to a man.  

They don't make jokes about a man speaking, ever.

They spent the entire hearing making jokes about the women speaking.

To some extent they speak over each other and laugh at each other.  They never attack in the manner they did with the Human Rights Commission.   They should have just done their job and taken the pat on the back that was given.

[vicr3000]

Proof or it didn't happen. What's that, housewife rubbish round the LOSEE lunch table after morning tennis ????

Want to play that game ? I'll post that every time you post your L&I's

You call everything a lie that doesn't fit your agenda !

Look on youtube, heaps of them. Here The Full Scene is one

Or if you want something really funny, search on Tv Show Sea Patrol is real

where she can't distinguish between a TV drama and reality. Doh !

[j*oono]

What is a LOSEE because I have no idea what that is.  Is it the same as a FOC?

[gleee58]

You're trashing Professor Triggs name without even watching or reading all the evidence.

If you have seen last weeks hearing you're telling lies about it.

[vicr3000]

"

They would never do that to a man.  

They don't make jokes about a man speaking, ever.

They spent the entire hearing making jokes about the women speaking.

To some extent they speak over each other and laugh at each other.  They never attack in the manner they did with the Human Rights Commission.   They should have just done their job and taken the pat on the back that was given."

Rubbish - most of SHY's berating is at males.

I just gave you two.

And you want to make it sexist.

I thought you wanted equality, can't hack it now is that what you are saying ?

Ah, suggest you take a few spare tissues to wipe up the tears.

BTW, Do you want to see the Youtube Video of SHY crying ??????

[gleee58]

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@j*oono wrote:

What is a LOSEE because I have no idea what that is.  Is it the same as a FOC?

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It's a made up derogatory label for women who, the misogynist claims, live off someone else.

[vicr3000]

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@j*oono wrote:

What is a LOSEE because I have no idea what that is.  Is it the same as a FOC?

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Terms of endearment

Like a warm and fuzzy group hug

[gleee58]

No, this discussion is not about Sarah Hanson-Young.

And no, I don 't get off on denigrating women because I don't agree with them and because they just happen to be a woman.

[j*oono]

Here is "herethe full scene"

And here is They tear Gillion Triggs a new one.